Schweigen Kalkmergel Riesling Spatlese
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Thai green curry, glazed roast pork belly, or artisanal blue cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic border town of Schweigen-Rechtenbach, this wine is a testament to a highly unusual geographical quirk: Weingut Bernhart's vineyards seamlessly cross the German border into Alsace, France, meaning these grapes are often grown on French soil but vinified under German tradition. The 'Kalkmergel' designation highlights the ancient limestone marl soils of the region, which impart a profound structural minerality and vibrant energy to the Riesling grape. Crafted as a Spätlese (late harvest), this wine captures the generous sun of the southern Pfalz, balancing luscious stone fruit flavors of peach and apricot with a piercing, salty mineral backbone and a beautifully integrated, refreshing acidity.
🍾 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
Riesling