The Winery Zimmer Mengel of Rheinhessen

Winery Zimmer Mengel - Blanc de Noirs
The winery offers 25 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 558 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Zimmer Mengel is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 25 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Zimmer Mengel wines

Looking for the best Winery Zimmer Mengel wines in Rheinhessen among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Zimmer Mengel wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Zimmer Mengel wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Zimmer Mengel

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Zimmer Mengel

How Winery Zimmer Mengel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian, pork or shellfish such as recipes of cream and tuna quiche, melt-in-the-mouth pork tenderloin casserole or mussels with bleu de bresse.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Zimmer Mengel

On the nose the white wine of Winery Zimmer Mengel. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Zimmer Mengel. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Zimmer Mengel

  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Zimmer Mengel.

  • Riesling
  • Spätburgunder
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Grauburgunder
  • Scheurebe
  • Weissburgunder

Discovering the wine region of Rheinhessen

Rheinhessen is Germany's largest region for producing the quality wines of the Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA) and Prädikatswein designations, with roughly 26,500 hectares (65,000 acres) of Vineyard">Vineyards as of 2014. Many of its most significant viticultural areas are favorably influenced by the Rhine river, which runs aLong its North and eastern borders. The Rhine, along with the Nahe river to the west and the Haardt mountains to its South, form a natural border. Rheinhessen covers an area south of Rheingau, north of Pfalz and east of Nahe, and is located within the Rhineland-Palatinate federal state.

The region has been cultivating Grapes for wine production at least since ancient Roman occupation. It's also the home to the oldest surviving records of a German vineyard. Named Glöck, the vineyard was included in a deed for a church and vineyards gifted by Carloman – a duke of the Franks of the Carolingian family and the uncle of the first Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne – to the diocese of Würzburg in 742. Within a century, dozens of villages were cultivating grapes throughout Rheinhessen.

An early documentation of Riesling as a distinct grape variety, identified as Rüssling, was also found in records from the city Worms dating back to 1402. The Size of the region, and its location on the Rhine, has given it a significant role in Germany's wine industry history. Its largest city, Mainz, has been an unofficial Center for wine trade, being home to several national wine organizations including the German Wine Institute and the Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates (Verband Deutscher Prädikats-und Qualitätsweingüter e. V.

The top red wines of Winery Zimmer Mengel

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Zimmer Mengel

How Winery Zimmer Mengel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of mexican beef tacos, fillet of beef with morels or provençal tart with rabbit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Zimmer Mengel

On the nose the red wine of Winery Zimmer Mengel. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Zimmer Mengel

  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Zimmer Mengel.

  • Pinot Noir Précoce
  • Spätburgunder
  • Pinot Noir
  • Dornfelder
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Zimmer Mengel

Planning a wine route in the of Rheinhessen? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Zimmer Mengel.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot

Pinot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. Pinot noir can be found in many vineyards: Burgundy, Alsace, Jura, South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Armagnac, Lorraine, Beaujolais, Rhône Valley, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Zimmer Mengel and wines from the region

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Plan for major English winery development in Kent blocked

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The word of the wine: Pineau de la Loire

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