Reserve Chardonnay
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted poultry, creamy mushroom risotto, grilled veal chops
✨ Technical Specifications
Weingut Bernhart's Reserve Chardonnay is a masterclass in cool-climate, limestone-driven winemaking, born from the unique cross-border vineyards of Schweigen, where Germany meets Alsace. Grown on the historic, limestone-rich Kalkmergel soils of the Sonnenberg, this wine benefits from a microclimate that delivers both intense sun exposure and cooling night winds. To craft this Reserve, the grapes are meticulously hand-harvested and gently pressed, followed by spontaneous fermentation and extended maturation on the full lees in French oak barriques. This traditional Burgundian approach imparts a beautifully integrated wood spice, a creamy, textured mouthfeel, and a profound mineral tension that echoes the ancient fossilized seashells embedded in the local soils.
🍾 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
Chardonnay