Best White Wine Types in the World
Rías Baixas is a Spanish appellation located along the Atlantic coast in Galicia. The entire region is divided into five subregions: Salnes Valley, O Rosal, Soutomaior, Ribeira do Ulla, and Condado do Tea. There are several permitted grape varieties, but Albariño prospers and dominates in the entire region.
Other permitted grapes that are sometimes used include Treixadura, Loureiro, Caiño Blanco, Torrontes, and Godello. The styles slightly differ depending on the subregion and the production, but most of the wines hail from the region are pale golden, fresh, and aromatic.
Malagousia is an ancient, white-skinned Greek grape that was saved from extinction by Vangelis Gerovassiliou, who brought it back from obscurity in the 1970s. The grape produces aromatic dry wines, which are usually of excellent quality.
It is also used to make dense and perfumed dessert styles. On the nose, the wines display intense aromas often reminiscent of peaches, pears, and tropical fruit, usually with citrusy, herbal, and subtle floral notes. On the palate, they are full-bodied, rich, and round, and the best examples manage to remain lively and fresh.
Gewurztraminer is a pink-skinned grape that produces some of the most aromatic and complex white wines in the world. The exact origin of Gewurztraminer is hard to trace, but the grape is related to Traminer family that is cultivated across Europe, and although Gewurztraminer has shown success in Germany, Austria, Australia, Washington and California, the French Alsace region remains its foreground.
Alsace produces varietals that are rich and typically deeply colored, often low in acidity and high in alcohol with exotic aromas of lychee and rose petals. Their character and the body heavily depends on the terroir and ripeness of the grapes, and they may range from dry to off-dry and sweet styles.
Albariño is a white grape variety grown in northwest Spain (Galicia) and northwest Portugal (Monção and Melgaço) where it is used to make varietal white wines. Albariño wines are very light, fresh, crisp, with high acids and of a rich, floral, and aromatic character.
Its specific aromas often include white peach, apricot, melon, pineapple, mango, and honeysuckle with an underlying minerality. Albariño wines are very versatile when it comes to food pairing, with seafood being the most obvious choice, along with a variety of dishes from Chinese, Indian, and Thai cuisine.
Riesling is an aromatic white grape native to Germany. It is a terroir-driven wine known for its versatile character and intense aroma, usually reminiscent of citrus, petroleum, and white flowers. In Alsace, Riesling is one of the main varieties.
Although the grape is often associated with sweeter styles, most of the examples coming from Alsace are bone dry. Riesling from Alsace can slightly vary in character, from leaner to more opulent, flavor-packed expressions, but it is generally complex, richly flavored, and high in acidity.
Roditis is a pink-skinned variety from Greece that is cultivated throughout the mainland. It is the second most planted grape in Greece, used both in varietals and blends. The grape was mostly used for bland, inexpensive bulk wines, but the recent shift to quality has slightly improved its reputation.
Roditis is terroir-driven, and the grape is multi-clonal (at least three confirmed clones), creating wines with somewhat different characters and features. The best expressions come from old vines and high altitudes, resulting in subtly aromatic wines with a medium body and high acidity, such as those from Aigialia Slopes in the Peloponnese.
Riesling most likely hails from the Rhine region of Germany, but it has shown great success in other European wine regions, primary Austria and Alsace, as well as the United States and Australia. However, the best expressions of the grape are thought to be in Germany where Riesling remains the most planted grape variety.
Always high in natural acidity, Riesling wines are incredibly versatile and may range from dry, medium dry or medium sweet to sweet styles. Their primary aromas include a complex combination of ripe peaches, nectarines, pears, apples, and citrus that are often accompanied by herbal, floral, mineral, and earthy nuances, while a distinctive element found in aged Riesling wines is the smoky aroma of petrol.
Chablis is the name of the wine region in northern Burgundy, but it is also the name of a white wine coming from this very region. Chablis is made with 100% Chardonnay, but unlike other Chardonnay wines, it rarely utilizes oak-aging, resulting in different taste profile and style.
It has white flower and citrus aromas with light-bodied and dry flavors of pear, salinity, and minerality. Among the most desirable traits of Chablis is a long finish of flint-like minerality and high acidity, which makes the wine exceptionally well for pairing with creamy sauces, chicken, trout, bass, quail, clams, cod, halibut, or scallops.
Pinot Gris, also known as Pinot Grigio and Grauburgunder, is a white grape variety whose origins are believed to be in Burgundy, but the grape has shown amazing potential in Alsace—the region with which it is mostly associated nowadays.
In Alsace, Pinot Gris is considered a noble grape. In the past, it was mistakenly related with Hungarian Tokaj, and it was often called Tokaj d'Alsace. The wines made from Pinot Gris considerably differ in character than those found in other wine-growing regions.
Vinho Verde is a Portuguese appellation for a variety of wines made with native regional grapes. The appellation is located in northern Portugal, and it is mainly defined by the Minho river. Verde, which translates as green, does not refer to the color of the wines but to the fact that they are predominantly consumed young.
Another explanation says that the region's lush green landscape was the inspiration. Vinho Verde wines can be red, white, or rosé. Most of these wines are blends, though there are some varietals. The list of permitted grapes is dominated by six varieties: Alvarinho, Arinto, Azal, Avesso, Loureiro, and Trajadura.
Best White Wine Producers in the World
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Great Taste Awards - 3 stars
2024
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Decanter World Wine Awards - Best in Show
2021
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Decanter World Wine Awards - Platinum
2017, 2016
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Frankfurt International Trophy - Grand Gold
2024, 2019, 2018, 2017
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Frankfurt International Trophy - Grand Gold
2022, 2021, 2019
BEST Winzergenossenschaft Königschaffhausen-Kiechlinsbergen eG Wines
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Frankfurt International Trophy - Grand Gold
2024, 2021
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Portugal Wine Trophy - Grand Gold
2023
BEST St. Laurentius Sekt GmbH Wines
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Frankfurt International Trophy - Grand Gold
2024, 2023, 2021
BEST Weingut Martinshof, Martin GbR Wines
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Frankfurt International Trophy - Grand Gold
2024, 2023, 2022
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IWSC- International wine & spirit competition - Gold
2019
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Frankfurt International Trophy - Grand Gold
2024, 2022
BEST Winzergenossenschaft Kallstadt eG Wines
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IWSC- International wine & spirit competition - Gold
2024, 2020, 2019
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Berlin Wine Trophy - Grand Gold
2021, 2017
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Asia Wine Trophy - Grand Gold
2017
BEST Royal Tokaji Borászati Wines
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Berlin Wine Trophy - Grand Gold
2022, 2017
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Concours Mondial de Bruxelles - Grande Médaille d'or
2019
BEST Varvaglione Vigne & Vini Wines
AWARDS
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Decanter World Wine Awards - Best in Show
2020, 2018
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Decanter World Wine Awards - Platinum
2020
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An exquisite dessert wine from Australia's De Bortoli family winery Picked late on the vine, the grapes’ natural sugars have been allowed to intensify, resulting in a golden hued wine boasting a delicate concentration of citrus, peach and apricot flavours that are both sumptuous and fresh.
Fabulous with sweet desserts, but try it with blue cheese for an inspired pairing. One of the most famed dessert wines.
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International Wine Challenge - IWC Great Value Champion Sweet 2023
2023
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International Wine Challenge - IWC Great Value Champion Sweet 2020
2020
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International Wine Challenge - IWC Great Value Champion Sweet 2019
2019
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Berlin Wine Trophy - Grand Gold
2023, 2022, 2018
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Portugal Wine Trophy - Grand Gold
2023, 2022
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International Wine Challenge - IWC Great Value Champion White 2022
2022
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International Wine Challenge - IWC Great Value Champion White 2021
2021
This is a triumph. An amazing white showing roasted pineapple, dried apple, flowers and hints of lemon curd on the nose. Hints of almonds, too. Full-body, closed and tight with amazing depth and beauty. Waxy, salty, and creamy. Goes on for minutes. 21 years in wood, seven in concrete and then about three years in bottle.
First year since 1978. Viura with a hint of malvasia. I have the same mind-tingling sensation tasting this as tasting the 1963 Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva Blanco.
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Falstaff - 100
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Vivino - 4.7
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Berlin Wine Trophy - Grand Gold
2023
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International Wine Challenge - IWC Champion Sweet Wine 2023 - Alois Kracher Trophy
2023
AWARDS
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Concours Mondial de Bruxelles - Grande Médaille d'or
2022, 2021
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Frankfurt International Trophy - Grand Gold
2022, 2019
AWARDS
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Frankfurt International Trophy - Grand Gold
2024, 2019
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Frankfurt International Trophy - Grand Gold
2024, 2021
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