Spatburgunder Sonnenberg Radling GG
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5–15 years from the vintage release, showing its peak complexity as the tertiary forest floor and spice notes develop.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck breast, wild mushroom risotto, pan-seared venison
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the prestigious, cross-border Sonnenberg vineyard that straddles the boundary between Germany's Pfalz and France's Alsace, the 'Radling' parcel is highly prized for its ancient limestone marl (Kalkmergel) soils. This VDP.Grosses Gewächs (GG) Spätburgunder represents the pinnacle of Weingut Bernhart's red winemaking. The vines benefit from a unique microclimate where warm air from the Rhine plain meets the cooling winds of the Vosges Mountains. Hand-harvested with meticulous selection, the grapes undergo traditional skin fermentation and are aged in French oak barriques. The resulting wine is a profound expression of terroir, balancing intense dark cherry fruit with a deep, chalky minerality, fine-grained tannins, and a complex, savory structure that reflects centuries of border-region viticulture.
🍾 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
Spätburgunder
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13-14%