R Spatburgunder
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, roasted rack of lamb
✨ Technical Specifications
Weingut Bernhart's 'R' Sp tburgunder is a masterclass in cross-border terroir, sourced from vineyards in Schweigen that physically cross the boundary between Germany and Alsace, France. This unique geopolitical heritage allows the grapes to benefit from the highly prized Kalkmergel (limestone marl) soils that characterize this historic borderland. The 'R' designation signifies a reserve bottling of exceptional quality, where the finest Sp tburgunder clones are meticulously selected, fermented traditionally, and aged in French oak barriques. The result is a wine of profound depth, marrying Burgundian elegance and silky textures with the vibrant, sun-drenched fruit character of the southern Pfalz. It stands as a liquid testament to a shared European viticultural history.
🍾 About the Producer
Weingut Bernhart is situated in Schweigen-Rechtenbach along the southernmost fringe of the Pfalz, right at the French frontier near the historic Deutsches Weintor. While the family's agricultural roots date back centuries, estate bottling commenced under Willi and Wilma Bernhart in 1971, followed by their accession to the VDP in 2004 and formal organic certification in 2012. Today led by Gerd and Sabine Bernhart, the estate commands a singular cross-border terroir: approximately two-thirds of its roughly 20 hectares of vineyards are technically situated on French soil in Alsace, governed by special bilateral treaties that allow the wines to bear German designations. The viticultural backbone rests on dense, fossil-rich limestone, calcareous marl, and clay deposits across benchmark cru plots such as the Schweigener Sonnenberg. Winemaking emphasizes spontaneous fermentation, lees contact, and judicious wood aging, generating deeply structured, mineral-driven white and red expressions epitomized by their Kalkmergel and Grosses Gewächs bottlings.
🍇 Grapes
Sp tburgunder