Nahe

Wine from Nahe comes out of Germany, where it sits as a wine region.

Growers build the wines around Riesling, filling out the blend with Müller-Thurgau and Spätburgunder.

Vines root into clay, slate and volcanic.

The climate is continental, running high sunshine, notable rainfall and temperate.

The vineyards themselves read as riverside, slopes and steep sites.

The region is known for red wine, dry white wine and sweet white wine, plus one more.

Quality is codified by the VDP Grosses Gewächs, which is worth reading off the label.

The named areas within are Monzingen, Schlossböckelheim and Bad Kreuznach.

Producers worth knowing include Schafer-Frohlich, Weingut Donnhoff and Weingut Emrich-Schonleber.

Pour them alongside seafood, asian cuisine, pork dishes and white fish.

Serve at 8 to 10°C.

Keeps for 5 to 10 years.

Grapes planted here.

Classifications.

• VDP Grosses Gewächs

Producers worth knowing.

Bottles to look for.

• Gut Hermannsberg Kupfergrube Riesling Grosses Gewachs, Nahe, Germany
• Pieroth Blue Burg Layer Schlosskapelle Qualitatswein, Nahe, Germany
• Schafer-Frohlich Bockenauer Felseneck Riesling Grosses Gewachs, Nahe, Germany
• Schafer-Frohlich Bockenauer Stromberg Grosses Gewachs Riesling, Nahe, Germany
• Schafer-Frohlich Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs, Nahe, Germany
• Schafer-Frohlich Monzinger Halenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs, Nahe, Germany
• Weingut Donnhoff 'Felsenturmchen' Schlossbockelheimer Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs, Nahe, Germany
• Weingut Donnhoff Hollenpfad Im Muhlenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs, Nahe, Germany

At the table.

• Seafood
• Asian Cuisine
• Pork Dishes
• White Fish

Serving and cellaring.

• Serve at 8 to 10°C.
• Keeps for 5 to 10 years.

Inside the region.

Nearby regions.

Nahe: common questions

More from here: every wine region in Germany, or the wider Germany guide.