Food and wine pairing

Sylvaners

Sylvaner is a typical Alsatian grape that produces dry and light wines with floral notes. These characteristics make them the perfect accompaniments to simple dishes of local cuisine, served as starters, or snacks intended to appease small appetites as well as to accompany snacks.

Auxerrois

Pinot Blanc and Auxerrois, light wines with very pleasant, discreet and harmonious fruit, have great adaptability to everyday cooking. They are drunk young as an aperitif, or with quiches, pies, salads, starters … and with maturity, with dishes with more complex flavors.

Rieslings

Particularly sensitive to the composition of the soil that produces them, Rieslings, perfectly vinified, are wines of great expression. Their beautiful acidity which supports complex aromas allows them to accompany gourmet dishes with marked flavors: seafood, fish in sauce, sauerkraut …

Les pinot Black

Slightly tannic wines but expressing on the fruit, they go perfectly at the table with character dishes, game, grilled meats or meats in a crust or sauce, wild boar, barbecues …

Muscats

Fruity and crunchy wines, they know how to reveal the senses and accompany asparagus and cold cuts as well as sushi and certain exotic dishes, strawberries, vegetarian cuisine …

Les pinot greys

These wines are powerful and structured, fat and smooth, going perfectly with rich dishes, aromatic preparations, fine poultry, large white meats, marinated terrines, all dishes with cream or mushrooms …

The gewurztraminer

Expressive and charming wines, of great aromatic complexity when supported by a beautiful acidity from limestone, they become essential complements to sweet / savory cuisine, exotic dishes, foie gras, spicy dishes (saffron , curry, peppers, cinnamon …), blue cheeses, desserts, pastries …

Late harvests and selections of noble grains

Exceptional wines made from only noble grape varieties: Muscat, Riesling, Pinot Grey and Gewurztraminer. The botrytis cinerae which appears at the end of maturity, in good years, makes for generous wines with intense aromas, an explosion of flavors with great persistence, worthy of accompanying foie gras, desserts, great chocolates, strong cheeses, Asian cuisine. ..

Altenberg de Bergheim (Old mountain) cited from 1180

Limestone soil with Jurassic marls. Gewurztraminer: as an aperitif, fruit salad, orange, strawberry and citrus dishes, cream puffs, Thai cuisine, island cuisine …

Brandhurst of Bergheim (Burning bush) cited from 814

Clayey marls with limestone with grypheus. Pinot Grey: veal blanquette, Iberian pork, cream dishes …. Gewurztraminer: dish cooking, dark chocolate dessert … Gewurztraminer Sélection de Grains Nobles: fruit gratin, chocolate pear, as an aperitif, foie gras eye, at the end of a meal …

Haguenau de Bergheim (evokes the convent of Haguenau, formerly owner of the plot) cited from 780

Keuper dolomitic marl-limestone soil. Gewurztraminer: sweet / savory cuisine, grilled pork, Chinese cuisine, caramelized pork cutlets … Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives: dishes with wasabi, spicy dishes, goose foie gras …

Kappelweg of Rorschwihr (Chemin de la chapelle) cited from 911

Marne blue gray limestone from the Rupélien. Riesling: plancha, grilled fish, goat cheese, Greek cuisine, squid, sea bass … Vendanges Tardives Riesling:caramelized prawns, pork tenderloin with honey, spicy fish … Gewurztraminer : fruit soup, Thai cuisine, large fish … Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives: ripened munster, macaroons, acacia fritters, bärawecka …

Moenchreben de Rorschwihr (Vine of the monks) cited from 700

Argilo-manous silt colluviated with clay, sandstone and limestone. Auxerrois: convivial wine, crusted ham, pasta, poultry, smoked salmon … Muscat: asparagus with three sauces, strawberry salad … Muscat Vendanges Tardives: white chocolate, strawberries, mint, mirabelle plum tart …

Oberer Weingarten de Rorschwihr (Upper Wine Garden) cited from 254

Lentils clayey-silty on oolitic limestone. Gewurztraminer: Thai cuisine, strong cheeses, Roquefort, Stilton, fruit desserts, fruit salad … Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives: mango dishes, lychees, Creole chicken, African cuisine, Brazilian cuisine …

 

Pflaenzerreben de Rorschwihr (Vine plant) cited from 1092

Muschelkalk type clay-limestone silt. Riesling: fish in sauce, lobster, langoustines, crayfish, sauerkraut with three fish, poultry … Vendanges Tardives Riesling:armorican lobster, lamprey, seaweed cuisine …

Rotleibel de Rorschwihr (Red Earth) cited from 1348

Brown, stony clayey-marly loam, sporadically clad with loess. Auxerrois: tarte flambée, pizzas, pies, pork, poultry … Pinot Grey: tomato salad, vegetarian dishes, veal, snail casserole, lamb, creamy sauce base, mushrooms, lacquered meats, offal … Pinot Grey Vendanges Tardives: duck foie gras, plum tart, pineapple, candied fruit, dried fruit, cooked cheese (Comté) …

Silberberg de Rorschwihr (Silver Mountain) cited from 1348

Silicified muschelkalk soil. Riesling: oysters, crab, salmon, mussels, all lemon dishes … Riesling Sélection de Grains Nobles: caviar, sushi, lemon tart, chicken curry, lacquered pork …

Stegreben de Rorschwihr (Vine staircase) cited from 814

Oolitic limestone and interbedded marl conglomerate. Gewurztraminer: all the spicy dishes, Indian cuisine, Mexican cuisine, smoked herrings … Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives: spicy (ginger, pepper) and caramelized dishes, duck breasts with honey, apricot tagine …

Weingarten de Rorschwihr (Wine Garden) cited from 742

Colluvial oolitic limestone soil with a clayey marl matrix. Sylvaner: shellfish, cold meats, hamburger, doner kebab, salads, raw vegetables, vegetable dishes …

Rorschwihr (village name) cited from 254

Marl limestone soil. Pinot black: game, wild boar, doe, wild boar …

Rodern (village name) cited from 1100

Granite on blue marl. Pinot Black: venison, veal, beef, grilled meats, barbecue …

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