Müller-Thurgau

Grape variety White

Lake fish (trout, arctic char, whitefish), seafood, shellfish

Goat cheese

Fruit salad

Associated names: Riesling x Sylvaner, Rivaner

Müller-Thurgau produces light, aromatic and not very complex wines. It has notes of cut grass, peach, exotic fruits and citrus.

About the grape variety

Wrongly considered for a long time as an artificial cross between Riesling and Sylvaner obtained by the Swiss Doctor H. Müller in 1882 in Germany, DNA tests refuted this relationship by showing in 2000 that it is in fact Riesling × Madeleine Royale . Despite this, the name Riesling × Sylvaner (or Riesling-Sylvaner) was wrongly kept in Switzerland. Present in seven wine-producing countries of Central Europe, Müller-Thurgau has long been the emblematic white wine of German-speaking Switzerland.

Distribution of grape varieties

Müller-Thurgau is grown in several wine regions

German-speaking Switzerland
91%

Geneva
3%

Three Lakes
3%

Valais
1%

Vaud
1%

Ticino
0%