Schweigen Tonmergel Auxerrois
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
White asparagus with hollandaise, pan-seared freshwater trout, mild creamy cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic borderlands of the southern Pfalz, Weingut Bernhart's Schweigen Tonmergel Auxerrois is a beautiful testament to a unique cross-border terroir. The Auxerrois grape, a rare and ancient relative of Pinot Blanc, finds an exceptional home in the clay-marl ('Tonmergel') soils of Schweigen. These heavy, limestone-rich soils impart a distinctive depth, structure, and mineral precision to the wine. Gerd Bernhart utilizes traditional, gentle cellar practices to preserve the grape's delicate orchard fruit aromas, subtle nutty undertones, and soft acidity. The result is a highly expressive white wine that captures the quiet elegance of the Pfalz-Alsace border, showcasing a harmonious balance of creamy texture and vibrant minerality.
🍾 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
Auxerrois
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5-13%