Pfalz Wines Flavours and vineyards of thePfalz FLAVOURS P A M www.neustadt.eu Die Deutsche Weinstraße DA BOCKENHEIM A SCHWEIGEN Weinstraße VDP Erste Lage VDP Klassizierte Lage BOCKENHEIM weiter Rebächen an der Weinstraße N MÜHLHEIM ASSELHEIM W O 61 GRÜNSTADT LAUMERSHEIM S 6 KIRCHHEIM an der Weinstraße GROSSKARLBACH BOBENHEIM am Berg DACKENHEIM R h WEISENHEIM e i HERXHEIM n am Berg am Berg FREINSHEIM LEISTADT KALLSTADT ERPOLZHEIM UNGSTEIN 650 HARDENBURG ELLERSTADT BAD DÜRKHEIM GÖNNEHEIM FRIEDELSHEIM WACHENHEIM an der Weinstraße FORST NIEDERKIRCHEN D DEIDESHEIM MECKENHEIM RUPPERTSBERG L 61 65 KÖNIGSBACH A GIMMELDINGEN HAARDT MUSSBACH W HASSLOCH NEUSTADT an der Weinstraße R HAMBACH LACHENSPEYERDORF E DIEDESFELD Z MAIKAMMER GEINSHEIM ST. MARTIN DUTTWEILER L KIRRWEILER EDENKOBEN ALTDORF Ä VENNINGEN RODTH GROSSFISCHLINGEN F unter Rietburg FREIMERSHEIM EDESHEIM KLEINFISCHLINGEN P HAINFELD BURRWEILER ROSCHBACH GLEISWEILER FLEMLINGEN WALSHEIM VDP ERSTE LAGE GEMEINDEN BÖCHINGEN FRANKWEILER Mandelpfad „Himmelsrech“ Dirmstein NUSSDORF Kirschgarten Laumersheim ALBERSWEILER Steinbuckel Burgweg „Im Großen Garten“ Großkarlbach SIEBELDINGEN Saumagen Kallstadt Weilberg Ungstein BIRKWEILER LANDAU Herrenberg RANSCHBACH Michelsberg Bad Dürkheim Pechstein Forst 65 Jesuitengarten LEINSWEILER ILSBESHEIM Kirchenstück Freundstück ESCHBACH Kalkofen Deidesheim Grainhübel Langenmorgen IMPFLINGEN Hohenmorgen GÖCKLINGEN Kieselberg „Grosse Hohl“ Reiterpfad Ruppertsberg Spieß HEUCHELHEIMKLINGEN Gaisböhl KLINGENMÜNSTER Ölberg Königsbach BILLIGHEIMINGENHEIM Idig Biengarten Gimmeldingen GLEISZELLENGLEISHORBACH Madelgarten Breumel Haardt PLEISWEILEROBERHOFEN Mandelberg Duttweiler Kalkberg Michelsbergn Weyher i e Schlossgarten „ Im Goldenen Jost“h Burrweiler R BAD BERGZABERN Schäwer Rosenkranz Böchingen Hölle Gleisweiler Münzberg „ Schlangenp“ Godramstein Im Sonnenschein „Ganz Horn“ Siebeldingen Kastanienbusch Birkweiler OBEROTTERBACH Kastanienbusch „Köppel“ Mandelberg Kalmit Ilbesheim SCHWEIGENRECHTENBACH Sonnenberg Leinsweiler STEINFELD Frankreich Sonnenberg „Sankt Paul“ Schweigen KAPSWEYER Sonnenberg „Rädling“ SCHWEIGHOFEN Kammerberg Learning more about Pfalz wines German Wine Classification System The German wine quality system includes specific categories, established by a law passed in 1971 and amended in 1994, according to which wine classification depends on must weight (Oechsle Scale), sugar content and regional designation of origin. TAFELWEIN - Table Wines It is the lightest wine in the Prädikatswein range and TROCKENBEERENAUSLESE (TBA) comes in both the dry and medium-dry version. (SELECT DRY BERRY HARVEST): LANDWEIN - Regional Wines The top-of-the-range wines, the rarest and most SPÄTLESE (LATE HARVEST): expensive ones, featuring great concentration, The grapes are picked later in the season as compared complexity and ageing potential, produced only QUALITÄTSWEIN BESTIMMTER to QbA and Kabinett and must be fully ripe at time in the best vintages. Made exclusively from grape 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 AUSLESE (SELECT HARVEST): EISWEIN (ICE WINE): 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 noble rot 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: BEERENAUSLESE 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 SILVANER 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 Riesling 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 apple, 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 / PINOT BLANC GRAUBURGUNDER / KERNER PINOT GRIS A cross between Riesling and another Thought to be a genetic mutation of A cross between the Trollinger and variety of unknown origin, the Pinot Noir, it gives delicately fragrant Another genetic mutation of Pinot Riesling varieties, Kerner grapes give Scheurebe 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 oak 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 DORNFELDER 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 Helfensteiner and Heroldrebe 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..