Schweigen Kalkmergel Weissburgunder Auslese
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Blue cheese, fruit-based tarts, rich pâté
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic border town of Schweigen in the southern Pfalz, this wine is a testament to a unique cross-border terroir where vineyards seamlessly transition between Germany and France. The 'Kalkmergel' (limestone marl) soils of this region, deposited millions of years ago, impart a distinctive, intense minerality and structured elegance to the Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) grape. Crafted as an Auslese, this wine represents a meticulous selection of highly ripe, golden grapes, often kissed by noble rot, harvested by hand from Bernhart's finest parcels. The family's traditional, low-intervention cellar philosophy allows the natural concentration of stone fruits, honeyed richness, and vibrant limestone acidity to harmonize beautifully, capturing the essence of this historic Franco-German borderland.
🍾 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
Weissburgunder