Mittelrhein

 

 

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This was the most northerly vineyard in Germany, beginning just below Bonn and extending about 100 km south along the banks of the Rhine, the Mittelrhein is a beautiful region of steep, terraced vineyards and some of the wine world's most splendid scenery , medieval castles and ruins clinging to rocky peaks, sites of ancient legends where Siegfried, Hagen and the Loreley seem to spring to life. Nearly three quarters of the vineyards are planted with the noble Riesling grape. The clayish slate soil yields lively wines with a pronounced acidity. In years when the wines are particularly austere, they are sold to the producers of Sekt , Germany 's sparkling wine, where high acidity is an asset.

The cold winds coming down from the Hunsruck Mountains can meet the warm air from the Rhine and cause sudden frosts in late spring and early autumn.

Wine-growing was introduced by the Romans. The name of the wine place Baccharach comes from the Roman "Baccara" = "Altar of Bacchus". Baccharach is the central wine trade place and tourist attraction no. 1. Middle Rhine is the embodiment of German wine romanticism: Defying castles, the Rhine river in the valley and the wine in the goblet.

The Mittlerhein below Goarshausen is one of the few vineyards in the world where phylloxera has not yet struck.

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In 2001 the region of Mittelrhein which has 505 ha under vine produced 33.404 hectolitres of grape must which gives a yield of 65,5 hectolitres per hectares this was split into 0,0 % table wine 22,2 % qba wine and 77,6 qmp wines.

Geographical location:

The stretch of the Rhine Valley between Bonn and Bingen known as the Rhine Gorge.

Major town(s): Koblenz (confluence of the Mosel and Rhine rivers), Boppard, Oberwesel, Bacharach, Bingen (confluence of the Nahe and Rhine rivers).

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Climate:

The steep hillsides of the valley protect the vines from cold winds and there is ample sunshine. The Rhine serves as a large, heat-reflecting surface. The Rhine river flows in direction North-Northwest, therefore most of the slope locations are orientated to the West . Due to this fact and the relatively northern location, the climate is somewhat cooler than on the Mosel river or the Rheingau. However the easy to warm up clay-slate soils provide for a good temperature balance and relieve the danger of late frost.

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Geology:

Primarily clayish slate and greywacke. Middle Rhine is located in the Rhenish slate mountains. Therefore clay-slate is the prevailing rock. Occasionally loess soils, gray wacke and trachyte soils of volcanic origin can be found. 60% of all vineyards are steep locations

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Grape varieties [white 88.6%: red 11.4%)

Riesling 372 ha which is 70,7 % of total area

Müller-Thurgau 36 ha which is 6,8 % of total area

Spätburgunder 36 ha which is 6,8 % of total area

Vineyard area:

505 ha · 2 Bereiche · 11 collective vineyard sites · 100+ individual sites (see below)

• Baccharach, along the left side of the Rhine river from the Nahe mouth to Baccharach. The "Rheingoldstraße" (Rhinegold road) leads through this area, a tourist road of special appeal.
• Rheinburgengau, on both sides of the Rhine river from Kaub to Unkel. Here is also a tourist road, the "Loreley-Burgenstraße" (Loreley castle road).
• Siebengebirge, belongs politically already to North Rhine-Westphalia. No tourist road, but with the "Petersberg" around Königswinter across Bonn-Bad Godesberg the most northern large location of Germany .

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Specified region Mittelrhein

BERIECH Loreley

GROSSLAGE Burg-Hammerstein

Hammerstein (village)

Hölle

In den Layfelsen

Schlossberg

Dattenberg (village)

Gertrudenberg

Bad Hönningen (village)

Schlossberg

kasbach (village)

stehlerberg

Leubsdorf (village)

Weisses kreuz

Leutesdorf (village)

Forstberg

Gartenlay

Rosenberg

Linz (village)

Rheinhöller

Rheinbrohl (village)

Monte jup

Römerberg

Unkel (village)

Berg

Sonnenberg

GROSSLAGE Burg Rheinfels

Sankt-Goar-Werlau (village)

Ameisenberg

Frohwingert

Kuhstall

Rosenberg

GROSSLAGE Gedeonseck

Boppard (village)

Elfenlay

Engelstein

F ä sserlay

Feuerlay

Mandelstein

Ohlenberg

Weingrube

Brey (village)

H ä mmchen

Rhens (village)

König Wenzel

Sonnenlay

Spay (village)

Engelstein

GROSSLAGE Herrenberg

Dörscheid (village)

Kupferflöz

Wolfsnack

Kaub (village)

Backofen

Blüchertal

Berg Gutenfels

Pfalzgrafenstein

Rauschelay

Rosstein

GROSSLAGE Lahntal

Bad Ems (village)

Hasenberg

Dausenau (village)

Hasenberg

Fachbach (village)

Nassau

Hasenberg

Obernhof (village)

Goetheberg

Weinähr (village)

Giebelhöll

GROSSLAGE Loreleyfelsen

Kamp-Bornhofen (village)

Pilgerpfad

Liebenstein-Sterrenburg

Kestert (village)

Liebenstein-Sterrenburg

Nochern (village)

Brünnchen

Patersberg (village)

Teulelstein

Sankt-Goarshausen (village)

Burg maus

Hessen

Burg katz

Loreley edel

Bornich (village)

Rothenack

GROSSLAGE Marxburg

Vallendar (village)

Königshof

Urbar (village)

Königshof

Ehrenbreitstein (village)

Kreuzberg

Koblenz (village)

Schnorbach Brücksück

Lahnstein (village)

Koppelstein

Braubach (village)

Koppelstein

Muhlberg

Marmorberg

Osterspai (village)

Lieberneck-Sonnenlay

Filsen (village)

Pfarrgarten

GROSSLAGE Schloss Schönburg

Urbar (village)

Beulsberg

Niederburg (village)

Rheingoldberg

Beinenberg

Damscheid (village)

Frankenhell

Sonnenstock

Goldemund

Oberwesel (village)

Beinenberg

Goldemund

Sieben-jungfrauen

Öelsberg (Grosse Gew ä chs vineyard)

St martinsberg

Römerkrug

Engenhölle (village)

Bernstein (Grosse Gew ä chs vineyard)

Dellhofen (village)

Römerkrug

St Werner-Berg

Langscheid (village)

Hundert

Perscheid (village)

Rosental

GROSSLAGE Schloss Stahleck

Bacharach (village)

Hahn (Grosse Gew ä chs vineyard)

Insel heylesern wert

Kloster fürstental

Mathaias weingarten

Posten (Grosse Gew ä chs vineyard)

Wolfshöhle (Grosse Gew ä chs vineyard)

Bacharach-Steeg (village)

Hambusch

Lennenborn

St jost (Grosse Gew ä chs vineyard)

Schloß Stahlberg

Manubach (village)

Heilgarten

Langgarten

Mönchwingert

St Oswald

Oberdiebach (village)

Bischofshub

Fürstenberg

Kr ä uterberg

Rheindiebach (village)

Fürstenberg

Rheinberg

GROSSLAGE Schloss Reichenstein

Oberheimbach (village)

Romerburg

Klosterburg

Wahreit

Sonne

Niederheimbach (village)

Frher Weingarten

Gamarkung Oberdiebach

Scholss Hohneck

Reifersley

Soonecker schlossburg

Trechtingshgausen (village)

Morgenbachtaler

BERIECH SIEBENGEBIRGE

GROSSLAGE Petersberg

Bonn (village)

Oberdollendorf (village)

Rosenhügel

Laurentiusberg

Sülzenberg

Niederdollendorf (village)

Goldenfüsschen

Longenburgerberg

Heisterberg

Königswinter (village)

Drachenfels

Rhöndorf (village)

Drachenfels

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