Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon S
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5–12 years from vintage release
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted lamb chops, beef tenderloin, aged hard cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Weingut Bernhart's Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 'S' is a masterful expression of cool-climate Bordeaux varieties grown on the historic German-French border in the southern Pfalz. The 'S' designation denotes a premium selection, indicating low yields, selective hand-harvesting, and extensive aging in French oak barriques. The vines thrive on the complex Kalkmergel (limestone marl) soils of Schweigen, which impart a distinctive mineral tension and elegant structure to the ripe, dark fruit character of the blend. This cross-border terroir, where vineyards literally weave between Germany and Alsace, infuses the wine with a unique cultural and geological heritage, bridging German precision with classic French complexity.
🍾 About the Producer
Located in Schweigen-Rechtenbach at the southernmost tip of the Pfalz along the French border, Weingut Bernhart is a distinguished family-run estate renowned for bridging German and Alsatian viticultural traditions. Led by Gerd Bernhart, a member of the prestigious VDP since 2004, the estate crafts expressive, site-transparent wines from venerable cross-border sites like the Schweigener Sonnenberg. The winery is celebrated for its deep limestone-rich terroirs, which yield extraordinarily mineral, complex, and age-worthy Burgundian varieties—notably refined Spätburgunder, Weissburgunder, and Chardonnay—alongside tension-filled, crystalline dry Rieslings.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon