Schweigen Kalkmergel Gewurztraminer
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai curry, Munster cheese, roasted duck
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic border town of Schweigen, where vineyards seamlessly cross between Germany and France's Alsace region, Weingut Bernhart's Schweigen Kalkmergel Gewurztraminer is a beautiful testament to this shared heritage. The wine is defined by its terroir: the 'Kalkmergel' or limestone marl soils of the region. This ancient, mineral-rich soil imparts a striking structural precision and salty minerality to a grape variety that is otherwise known for its opulent, low-acid profile. Bernhart masterfully tames the natural exuberance of Gewurztraminer, fermenting and aging the wine to highlight both its classic aromatic intensity—filled with notes of wild rose, lychee, and cardamom—and a refined, dry, and deeply textured finish that reflects the cool-climate borderland breeze.
🍾 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
Gewürztraminer
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5-13.5%