Professional wine people and wine books will tell you it's the Rheingau but for me I've always ganerally enjoyed wines from the Nahe a bit more.
2006-08-23 06:54:50
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answered by Hank 6
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Each wine is diferent with regards to their grapes, terroir, distillation, élevage, blending, aromas, tastes and textures. Which is the best? This is an unanswerable question, for the matter is long debated and boils down to individual taste preference.
German wines grow in the area between Lake Constance (Bodensec), along the Rhine and its tributaries, up to the Mittelrhein near Bonn, and from the border with France in the west to the Elbe river in the east. Climatic and geological factors within this area vary greatly.
The entire German wine producing area covers 103.000 ha. and it is divided into thirteen specified wine-growing regions, each of which produces a wine that is typical of that region (similar in taste) and different from wines grown elsewhere. The vineyards of each region can be divided into Bereiche (districts); depending on the size of the regions, you will find up to seven Bereiche. Each Bereich is made up of Grosslagen (collections of vineyards) and of Eenzellagen (single vineyards).
Wines produced in the more northern regions are generally light, fruity, fragrant and elegant, with fresh acidity. The regions further south produce wines with more body, fuller fruitiness and sometimes a powerful flavour. The acidity is mild and agreeable.
The 13 German wine regions are:
• Ahr • Baden • Franken • H.BergstraÃe • Mittelrhein • Mosel-Saar-Ruwer • Nahe • Pfalz • Rheingau • Rheinhessen • Saale-Unstrut • Sachsen • Württemberg
Some information that will help you understand German wine, check:
http://www.germanwine.net/basics.htm
http://schlossadler.com/guide1.html
http://english.germanwine.de/germanwineregions.0.htmlhttp://english.germanwine.de/germanwineregions.0.html
http://www.winepage.de/
2006-08-23 06:32:26
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answered by gospieler 7
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