Riesling Trocken
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled white fish, roasted pork loin, spicy Asian noodle dishes
✨ Technical Specifications
Weingut Bernhart's Riesling Trocken is a brilliant testament to the unique, cross-border terroir of Schweigen-Rechtenbach in the southern Pfalz. Here, along the German-French border, the vineyards tell a story of shared history and geological complexity, where vines planted on French soil are legally vinified as German wine. This dry Riesling is shaped by the region's signature limestone (Kalkmergel) and loess soils, which impart a distinct, vibrant minerality and structured acidity. Crafted with traditional Pfalz winemaking philosophy, the grapes are carefully selected and fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks to preserve the pure, energetic fruit profile of the Riesling grape. The result is a classic, refreshing estate wine that captures the cool-climate precision and heritage of this historic borderland.
🍾 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
Riesling
🍷 ABV
12-12.5%