Liebfraumilch (Germany)
Liebfraumilch is a semi-sweet white wine from the German wine regions
Rheinhessen, Pfalz, Nahe, and Rheingau.
Liebfraumilch Profile
Liebfraumilch is a light semi-sweet wine with residual sugar.
| SUGAR: | Off - Dry (20-40 g/l) |
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| BODY: | Medium - Light |
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| FRUIT: | Medium -Light |
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| ACIDITY: | Medium |
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| ALCOHOL: | 9-10% ABV |
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Serving temperature:
6-8°C (43-46°F)
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Liebfraumilch Food Pairing
Liebfraumilch pairs best with Seafood light Cuisines.
Aperitif |
Sandwitch |
Seafood |
Sushi |
Fruit Salad |
Fruit |
Fruit Cake |
Soft Cheese |
Excellent Pairings
Aperitif. Cocktail.
Fruity Hors d’oeuvres. Sandwiches.
Fruity Seafood or Poultry Salads.
Onion and Potato Salads.
Honey‐baked Ham. Honey-glaced Salmon.
Quiche. Salmon Mousse.
Fruit Tart. Fruit Salads.
Cheeses
Sharp Cheese.
Munster. Époisses. Langres.
Hard Cheese.
Cantal. Cheddar. Parmesan.
German Specialities
Cheese Platter with freshly sliced Apple and Pear.
The Ideal Glass for Liebfraumilch
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A Tulip Shaped Glass with a slightly smaller bowl can be suitable for various dry white wine styles.
It guides the wine to the center of your mouth, avoiding the sides where acidity is less pleasant.
A smaller bowl also helps to serve smaller quantities, and keep the wine cold.
It also helps if you hold the glass by the stem!
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About Liebfraumilch
Leibfraumilch is typically mild, semi-sweet, and low in alcohol.
The dominant grape is Müller-Thurgau, but Riesling and Silvaner is also used.
Most Liebfraumilch is made for export. It is not very poular in Germany.
The German name is Liebfrauenmilch, from the first wine produced in the vineyards of the Liebfrauenkirche
(Our Laydy's Church) in the city of Worms in Rheinhessen.
QbA
German wine classification requires Liebfraumilch to be a QbA wine (Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete).
It must be from Rheinhessen, Pfalz, Nahe, or Rheingau.
The grapes must be at least 70% Müller-Thurgau, Riesling, or Silvaner and residual sugar must be
18–40 grams per litre.
The Rhine Renaissance
More than 100 years ago, the banks of the river Rhine produced some of the best wines in the world.
Then came 3 disasters: World War I, World War II, and Liebfraumilch.
Postwar economics opened a mass marked for cheap and sweet wines like Liebfraumilch, Blue Nun, Black Tower and Goldener Oktober.
Many of these wines were made of Müller-Thurgau grapes and souped up with added unfermented sweet grape juice.
This gave Germany a bad reputation for producing only sweet an simple wines.
In the 1980's, some Rheinhessen producers decided that the Rhine region could do much better.
Led by Weingut Keller and Weingut Wittmann, they focused on dry wines to suit changing consumer tastes.
Over the last decades the Rhine region has elevated wine quality to a complete new level,
producing world-class white wines, including some of the best dry Rieslings in the world.
Brazilian Favorite
Liebfraumilch is the oldest wine brand in Brazil.
Thanks to a low price and low alcohol it is accessible to all as a table wine perfect with fish and light cuisines.
Brazilian Liebfraumilch is made from Riesling grapes first imported from Germany by a group of immigrants in 1910.
