10 editor-picked estates growing Scheurebe in Pfalz.
Where to taste Scheurebe in Pfalz: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
A 1744-founded Haardt estate now in the ninth Catoir generation under Philipp David Catoir; 23.3 ha across Burgergarten Im Breumel monopole, Eselshaut, Mandelgarten and Vogelsang Grosse Lage sites.
Tasting: Vinothek at Mandelring 25; estate tastings by appointment with a focus on Haardter Burgergarten and Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten GGs and the Scheurebe and Rieslaner specialties.
A 12.5 ha Kallstadt traditionalist working Saumagen, Steinacker and Annaberg with spontaneous fermentation in old oak; the Saumagen R Riesling has been bottled in this house style since the Bernd Philippi era from the 1970s.
Tasting: Estate tastings by appointment in the Kallstadt Weinstrasse cellar; traditional spontaneous fermentation in old oak with extended lees contact, Saumagen R bottlings released years after vintage.
A 16.3 ha Ungstein estate at Pfeffingen 2 under Jan Eymael, VDP member since 1986; Herrenberg and Weilberg Grosse Lage Rieslings and the historic Pfalz Scheurebe reference bottling.
Tasting: Vinothek at Pfeffingen 2 by appointment; tastings cover Ungsteiner Herrenberg and Weilberg GG plus the estate's Scheurebe lineup, the Pfeffingen reference.
A 17 ha Forst estate under Stephan Muller, with viticulture continuous since 1767; bottles from all four classic Forster Grosse Lage sites plus Freundstuck and a focus on long-aged Riesling Reserve releases.
Tasting: Vinothek at Weinstrasse 34A by appointment; tastings cover Forster Kirchenstuck, Jesuitengarten, Pechstein, Ungeheuer and Freundstuck bottlings.
A 25.7 ha Flemlingen estate in the eighth Minges generation under Theo Minges, VDP member since 2008 and certified organic; Burrweiler Schawer, Gleisweiler Holle and Bochinger Rosenkranz GGs.
Tasting: Vinothek at Bachstrasse 11 in a 15th-century courtyard by appointment; tastings of Schawer, Holle and Rosenkranz GGs.
An Essingen estate in the southern Pfalz, long-standing specialist in nobly sweet Pradikat wines from Auslese to Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein on a roughly 12 ha vineyard footprint.
Tasting: Vinothek by appointment at Essingen; the estate is a long-established Pfalz specialist in nobly sweet Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein.
A 25 ha Bad Durkheim estate under Helmut Darting, long-time Pfalz benchmark for off-dry Spatlese and Auslese Riesling and Scheurebe from Durkheimer Michelsberg and Spielberg.
Tasting: Vinothek at An der Hochbenn 2 by appointment; tastings cover Durkheimer Michelsberg and Spielberg Rieslings and the Scheurebe Auslese line.
Tasting rooms of the 1744-founded Mueller-Catoir estate at the foot of the Haardt Castle in Neustadt-Haardt. Riesling, Rieslaner and Scheurebe from 25 hectares across Mandelgarten, Buergergarten and Herrenletten Grosse Lage parcels.
Small VDP family estate at Pfeffingen on the edge of Bad Duerkheim, with a German-benchmark dry Scheurebe alongside dry Riesling from the Ungsteiner Herrenberg.
Tip: Visit Pfeffingen for the dry Scheurebe; the cassis-grapefruit-fennel register is the estate's signature, and there are few better dry Scheurebes in Germany.
A dry Scheurebe from Pfeffingen at Bad Duerkheim, one of the German benchmarks for the cassis-and-grapefruit grape. The estate's village-tier Scheurebe is the cheapest serious Pfalz pour of the variety.
Tip: Pfeffingen is the Pfalz reference for dry Scheurebe; pair the village-tier bottle with goat's cheese or Vietnamese herbs to read the cassis-grapefruit register.