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e Schlossgarten „ Im Goldenen Jost“h Burrweiler R Schäwer Rosenkranz Böchingen Hölle Gleisweiler Münzberg „ Schlangenp “ Godramstein Im Sonnenschein „Ganz Horn“ Siebeldingen Kastanienbusch Birkweiler Kastanienbusch „Köppel“ Mandelberg Ilbesheim SCHWEIGEN RECHTENBACH Sonnenberg Leinsweiler STEINFELD Frankreich Sonnenberg „Sankt Paul“ Schweigen Sonnenberg „Rädling“ Kammerberg Learning more about Pfalz wines

German Classification System The quality system includes specific categories, established by a law passed in 1971 and amended in 1994, according to which wine classification depends on (Oechsle Scale), content and regional designation of origin.

Tafelwein - Table Wines It is the lightest wine in the Prädikatswein range and (TBA) comes in both the dry and medium-dry version. (Select Dry Berry ): Landwein - Regional Wines The top-of-the-range wines, the rarest and most Spätlese (Late Harvest): expensive ones, featuring great concentration, The are picked later in the season as compared complexity and ageing potential, produced only Qualitätswein bestimmter to QbA and and must be fully ripe at time in the best vintages. Made exclusively from Anbaugebiete (QbA) - Quality Wines of harvest, with 80 to 90 degrees Oechsle. These berries dried on the vine or noble-rot affected, Wines from one of the 13 winegrowing regions, are ripe and elegant wines, with high residual sugar harvested and selected by hand. Oechsle degrees: which must meet specific quality standards. value, and can be either dry or sweet. 150/154. Minimum alcohol content: 5,5%.

Prädikatswein o Qualitätswein (Select Harvest): Eiswein (): mit Prädikat (QmP) - Quality Wines with Special Noble wines made from fully ripe grapes, sometimes Harvest time is between November and December, Attributes with a character, and selected directly when temperatures fall below zero and the grapes on the vine at time of harvest. Unripe or damaged have frozen on the vine, allowing the must to They must meet the highest quality standard. grapes are rejected. Either dry or sweet wines with concentrate naturally and the frozen water to Produced from allowed grape varieties in specific 90 to 110 degrees Oechsle. separate during pressing. A sweet wine containing areas of the 13 winegrowing regions, they are 110 to 128 degrees Oechsle and 5,5% minimum divided into six subcategories: alcohol . (Select Berry Harvest): Kabinett: Wines made from perfectly healthy, overripe and In addition to meeting all the quality standards of often noble rot-affected grape berries, which are a QbA wine, a Kabinett wine must be made from picked and selected by hand from bunches on the grapes containing at least 70 to 80 degrees Oechlse vine. Very sweet wines containing 125 to 150 degrees according to the production area and grape variety. Oechsle. The minimum alcohol content is 5.5%.

RIESLING GEWÜRZTRAMINER MÜLLER-THURGAU/RIVANER

It is the most widely grown grape A very old and productive variety, The Pfalz provides the ideal soil and A wine created by Hermann Müller in variety in the Pfalz region. It gives a cross between Traminer and the climate to grow Gewurztraminer grapes. 1882 by crossing and Chasselas an aristocratic wine, of extraordinary white Osterreichisch Weiß. It is highly The ripe berries verging on pink give grapes. Pale straw-yellow colored with elegance and ageing potential, yellow frost-resistant and gives straw-yellow intensely yellow, almost golden colored a light green tinge, offering elegant, to pale green colored, with a complex colored wines with a pale green tinge. wines, which take on amber nuances intense and fruity aromas, in addition bouquet offering notes of green , Extraordinarily fragrant and rich in floral with ageing. A rich bouquet of fruity, to a deep vegetal note. Elegant and peach, apricot and tropical fruit, which aromas, well-balanced on the palate with floral and spicy aromas. Structure and fresh on the palate, with floral notes evolve into spicy and honey aromas lovely acidity, but not age-worthy. alcohol are backed by a well-balanced coming back, good acidity and a delicate with ageing. Rich and round on the acidity. aroma of nutmeg. palate with a lovely acidity and aromatic richness, without excessive alcohol nor buttery notes. In short, a great wine!

SCHEUREBE WEISSBURGUNDER / GRAUBURGUNDER / A cross between Riesling and another Thought to be a genetic mutation of A cross between the and variety of unknown origin, the , it gives delicately fragrant Another genetic mutation of Pinot Riesling varieties, Kerner grapes give gives one of the Pfalz’s best and flavoured wines, intensely dry on Noir, Pinot Gris gives straw-yellow a bright, inviting and elegant wine, white wines. Straw-yellow colored with the palate, with good structure and colored wines with an old gold tinge, offering aromas of citrus fruit and a golden tinge. Unmistakable aromas, vigorous acidity. Well-suited for ageing intense aromas of tropical fruit, orange aromatic herbs. Savoury and intriguing ample and fruity. Intense notes of peach in barrels or barriques, where it blossoms, full and structured on the on the palate, with a delicate nutmeg and citrus fruit. takes on golden nuances and expresses palate with good acid balance. flavor, good structure backed by pleasant its characteristics to the fullest. freshness and thickness on the palate.

SAUVIGNON BLANC SPÄTBURGUNDER / PINOT NOIR CABERNET SAUVIGNON

A grape variety widely grown in the An aristocratic, elegant and sophisticated A grape variety grown in the Pfalz Created in 1955 as a cross between the Pfalz region. Amazingly fresh with ample ruby-red colored wine. If grown in the with increasing success. Deep ruby-red and varieties, aromas of gooseberry, redcurrant, citrus right soils and with proper climate colored with a purplish tinge. The wine the Dornfelder is a dark-colored wine, fruit and intense mineral notes given by conditions, Pinot Noir gives wines of offers elegance and softness, intense very fruity on the nose and with a the soils. It preserves all its natural and rare beauty. Delicate, subtle and yet aromas of blackcurrant, chocolate and structured body. intense aromas when vinified in steel marked aromas, which vary according to spices, and great ageing potential. tanks. the terroir. It is a wine featuring unique characteristics.