The Best Pinot Blancs from Germany
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There is more to Germany than Riesling. Pinot Blanc aka Weissburgunder is a rising star on the wine scene in Germany, tripling its area under vine in the past two decades. Especially around the picturesque region of Baden with its marginally warmer growing conditions, Pinot Blanc feels right at home. But it thrives across Germany. Pinot Blanc is less lavish and more subtle than its relative Pinot Gris and displays delicate notes of white pear, succulent peach, lime zest with a subtle undertone of crushed gravel. Here is Falstaff’s selection of the best.
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2019 Auerbach Höllberg Pinot Blanc Zero Dosage
Griesel & Compagnie
Hessische Bergstraße,
Hesse,
Germany
Sparkling Wine
Pinot Blanc
12%
97
2019 Auerbacher Höllberg Pinot Blanc Zero Dosage
Griesel & Compagnie
Hessische Bergstraße,
Hesse,
Germany
Sparkling Wine
Pinot Blanc
12,5%
97
2023 »Monopol« Wachenheim Odinstal Weißburgunder GG
Weingut Odinstal
Pfalz (Palatinate),
Rhineland-Palatinate,
Germany
White Wine
Weißburgunder
13%
96+
2022 Oberrotweil Kirchberg Weissburgunder GG
Weingut Salwey
Baden,
Baden-Wuerttemberg,
Germany
White Wine
Weißburgunder
13%
96+
2010 Blanc de Blancs Grande Réserve Extra Brut
Sekthaus Raumland
Rhine Hesse,
Rhineland-Palatinate,
Germany
Sparkling Wine
Pinot Blanc
12%
96+
2024 Sommerach Hölzlein Weißburgunder trocken
Weingut Richard Östreicher
Franconia,
Bavaria,
Germany
White Wine
Weißburgunder
13%
96
2023 Kirchenstück Weißburgunder
Weingut Gabel
Pfalz (Palatinate),
Rhineland-Palatinate,
Germany
White Wine
Weißburgunder
13%
96
2023 Sonnenberg Weissburgunder GG
Weingut Jülg
Pfalz (Palatinate),
Rhineland-Palatinate,
Germany
White Wine
Weißburgunder
13%
96
2022 Laumersheim Kirschgarten
Weingut Philipp Kuhn
Germany
White Wine
Weißburgunder
96
2021 Weißer Burgunder trocken
Weingut Florian Reus
Franconia,
Bavaria,
Germany
White Wine
Weißburgunder
13%
96
2019 Auerbach Fürstenlager Pinot Blanc Zero Dosage
Griesel & Compagnie
Hessische Bergstraße,
Hesse,
Germany
Sparkling Wine
Pinot Blanc
12%
96
2019 Auerbacher Fürstenlager Pinot Blanc Zero Dosage
Griesel & Compagnie
Hessische Bergstraße,
Hesse,
Germany
Sparkling Wine
Pinot Blanc
12,5%
96
2019 Oberrotweil Steingrubenberg Weißburgunder GG
Weingut Salwey
Baden,
Baden-Wuerttemberg,
Germany
White Wine
Weißburgunder
13%
96
2024 Steingrüble Weißburgunder
Weingut Leon Gold
Germany
White Wine
Weißburgunder
13,5%
95+
2023 Kirrweiler Mandelberg Weißburgunder GG
Weingut Bergdolt Klostergut St. Lamprecht
Pfalz (Palatinate),
Rhineland-Palatinate,
Germany
White Wine
Weißburgunder
12,5%
95+
2022 »S« Weissburgunder
Weingut Dautel
Württemberg,
Baden-Wuerttemberg,
Germany
White Wine
Weißburgunder
12,5%
95+
2022 Röderswald Pinot Blanc
Weingut Kopp
Baden,
Baden-Wuerttemberg,
Germany
White Wine
Weißburgunder
12%
95+
2022 Wachenheim Odinstal
Weingut Odinstal
Germany
White Wine
Weißburgunder
95+
2022 Wachenheim Odinstal Weißburgunder GG
Weingut Odinstal
Pfalz (Palatinate),
Rhineland-Palatinate,
Germany
White Wine
Weißburgunder
12,5%
95+
2013 Blanc de Blancs Bürgel Réserve Extra Brut
Sekthaus Raumland
Rhine Hesse,
Rhineland-Palatinate,
Germany
Sparkling Wine
Pinot Blanc
12%
95+