Friday, January 3, 2014

The Best German Red Wines - Deutscher Rotweinpreis 2013 (German Red Wine Awards 2013)

Picture: Christian Dautel and Christian Schiller at Weingut Dautel in Wuerttemberg

The annual German Red wine Competition, organized by the international wine magazine Vinum, exists since 1987. At that time, German red wine accounted for only about 15 percent of German wine output. Today, we are well over 35 percent. And not only the vineyard area planted with red grapes has expanded dramatically, but also the quality has improved considerably. Today, German red wine can compete with any red wine in the world, I believe. As a result, German red wines are increasingly appearing in the international wine market. Of course, given its location, they tend to be not like the fruity red wines we know from warmer countries, but lean and more elegant, with a lot of finesse.

See also:
German Red Wine Award 2010 - Deutscher Rotweinpreis 2010
The Tim Atkin Pinot Noir Taste-Off of October 2011: Germany Versus the Rest of the World - German Red Wines Show Strong Performance

The Winners

The about 1400 German red wines, which were submitted to the contest, were grouped into 8 different categories.

Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir)

1. Platz: Weingut Herzog von Württemberg
1. Platz: Weingut Burggarten
3. Platz: Martin Wassmer – Pinot Noir “GC” Dottinger Castellberg 2010
3. Platz: Weingut Ewald Kopp – Spätburgunder “S” 2010
3. Platz: Jean Stodden – Recher Herrenberg GG 2011

Cuvées

1. Platz: Vinification Ludwigshöhe – Cuvée Ludwig 2005
2. Platz: Vinification Ludwigshöhe – Cuvée Ludwig 2009
3. Platz: Fritz Keller / Schwarzer Adler – Eichberg Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

Lemberger

1. Platz: Karl Haidle – Stettener Mönchberg GG 2011
2. Platz: Weingärtner Stromberg-Zabergäu – Signum 2011
3. Platz: Karl Haidle – Stettener Mönchberg GG 2010

Klassische Sorten (Classic Varieties)

1. Platz: Philipp Kuhn – Frühburgunder Réserve 2010
2. Platz: Valentin Ziegler Sohn – St. Laurent Weyherer Michelberg 2009
3. Platz: Weingut Bernhart – St. Laurent “S” 2011

Internationale Sorten (International Varieties)

1. Platz: Weingut Martin Wassmer – Syrah Dottinger Castellberg 2011
2. Platz: Staatsweingut Weinsberg – Syrah Hades 2011
3. Platz: Weingärtner Stromberg-Zabergäu – Merlot Epos 2011

See:
Government Owned and Run Wineries in Germany - Staatsweingut Weinsberg in Wuerttemberg

Edelsüss (Noble sweet)

1. Platz: Weingut Doreas – Muskat-Trollinger Eiswein 2012
2. Platz: Weingärtner Cleebronn-Güglingen – Lemberger Eiswein Rosé Cleebronner Michaelsberg 2012

See:
Touring (and Visiting 4 Wineries in) the Württemberg Wine Region (Zabergäu), Germany

Unterschätzte Sorten (Underrated Varieties)

1. Platz: Weingut Seeger – Schwarzriesling “R” 2011
1. Platz: Weingut Peter Kriechel – Portugieser Walporzheimer Pfaffenberg Goldkapsel 2011
3. Platz: Collegium Wirtemberg – Trollinger Wilhelm 2011

Neuzüchtungen (New Varieties)

1. Platz: Weingut Ernst Dautel – Zweigelt “S” 2009
2. Platz: Weingut Karl Haidle – Zweigelt “Passion” 2010
2. Platz: Dorst & Consorten, Weingut Bietighöfer – Pinotage 2010

See:
Weingut Dautel in Wuerttemberg – A Profile, Germany

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Wine Maker Count of Bentzel-Sturmfeder in Frankfurt am Main Presenting his Wines from Wuerttemberg, Germany

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German Red Wine Award 2010 - Deutscher Rotweinpreis 2010

Surprising the World with their Pinot Noir: Johannes and Christoph Thoerle, Winzerhof Thoerle, Rheinhessen, Germany

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In the Glass: A 2007 Pinot Noir from the Gault Millau Shooting Star of the Year - Estate Baron Gleichenstein, Germany

In the Glass: Pinot Noir from France, Germany and California

California Pinot Noir Pioneer Walter Schug: From the Rheingau in Germany to Carneros in California

Visiting Anne Moller-Racke and her Donum Estate in California: Old World, Terroir-driven Winemaking in the New World

A Pinot Noir Star: Visiting August Kesseler and his Weingut August Kesseler in Assmannshausen, Germany

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