Photo: Harvest with the team at Korrell
Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) are dry white wines with crisp acidity and delicate fruitiness it can show notes of nuts, apple, pear, citrus, and in warmer years stone and tropical fruits. Beautiful wine on a warm summer evening but it really comes into its own as a food wine pairing excellently with seafood, poultry and pork.
Weingut Salwey Weissburgunder Gutswein 2022
Weingut Korrell Weisser Burgunder 2021
Photo: The Kirchberg vineyard at Salwey
Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) has been growing in importance to Germany with only Italy (Pinot Grigio) ahead of them in area under cultivation worldwide. Another versatile variety, it can be made dry, off-dry or sweet, oaked or unoaked. Notes of nuts, green fruits, stone fruits, citrus and tropical fruits. Another fantastic wine to pair with food depending on the style it can go with seafood, pasta, poultry, pork as well as a variety of cheeses.
Weingut Salwey Henkenberg Grauburgunder GG 2019
Keep an eye out for the logos on German wine bottles as they can tell you a lot about the quality of the wine.
If you see an eagle on the bottle, usually found on the foil, it means the wine is part of the Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (VDP), an association that unites around 200 of Germany’s finest wineries.
Any time that eagle adorns the neck of a wine bottle, it promises that the wine inside is of the highest quality!
The GG on the bottle stands for Grosses Gewächs and indicates a wine from the highest quality German vineyards in the VDP classification.
These dry wines will state the variety and specific vineyard on the label.
So, this month, whether you’re venturing into something new or are inspired to return to an old favourite, take a moment to savour the elegance and precision of German wines. Much like their prowess at taking penalties, they rarely miss.
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