Schweigen Kalkmergel Weissburgunder
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared white fish, roasted poultry, creamy mushroom pasta
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the unique cross-border vineyards of Schweigen, where the vines literally grow across the boundary line between Germany and France, this Weissburgunder is a profound expression of the region's prized Kalkmergel (limestone marl) soils. These ancient, fossil-rich soils impart a distinctive chalky minerality and structural tension to the Pinot Blanc grape. The Bernhart family meticulously crafts this wine using gentle pressing and slow fermentation, followed by aging on the fine lees in a combination of stainless steel and traditional large oak casks. This methodology preserves the vibrant, pristine orchard fruit characters while weaving in a delicate, creamy texture and subtle nutty complexity that reflects centuries of Alsatian-Pfalz winemaking heritage.
🍾 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
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5-13.5%