Nahe 

The Nahe region is named after the river that traverses the valleys of the forested Hunsrück Hills as it gently flows toward Bingen on the Rhine . The vines grow along the Nahe River and its tributaries Glan and Alsenz, from Merxheim up to the confluence into the Rhine near Bingen. Borders in the West on Hunsrück and Soonwald. In the South on Haardt and DonnersbergIt is a peaceful landscape of vineyards, orchards and meadows interspersed with cliffs and striking geological formations. Although the Nahe is one of the smaller German wine regions, its extraordinary range of soil types is second to none. For this reason, the region is able to produce quite diverse wines from relatively few grape varieties. The steeper sites of volcanic or weathered stone, and those with red, clayish slate seem predestined for elegant, piquant Riesling wines of great finesse and a light spiciness, while flatter sites of loam, loess and sandy soils yield lighter, fragrant Müller-Thurgau wines with a flowery note. The Silvaner grape thrives in a number of soils and produces full-bodied, earthy wines.

Almost 2000 years ago the Romans brought wine-growing to the Nahe. The oldest wine place is Nordheim.

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In 2001 the region of Nahe which has 4.297 ha under vine produced 311.650 hectolitres of grape must which gives a yield of 73,8 hectolitres per hectares this was split into 1,6 % table wine 41,2 % QbA wine and 57,2 QmP wines.

Geographical location:

In the Hunsrück Hills between the Rhine and Mosel valleys. Vineyards are on or near the banks of the Nahe River and its tributaries, the Glan and the Alsenz, as well as the streams north and west of Bad Kreuznach (Gräfenbach, Guldenbach, Trollbach and Ellerbach).

Major town(s): the spas Bad Kreuznach, Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg, Bad Sobernheim

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Climate:

Mild and balanced, with little frost. Due to Soonwald and Hunsrück Mountains it is protected against cold winds, mild and a lot of sun, and little rain. This enables the grapes to have a long and dry ripening in late summer.

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Geology:

The entire rock cycle of igneous (volcanic), sedimentary (sandstone, clay, limestone) and metamorphic (slate) rocks is present in the Nahe. Therefore there is a lot of variety, slate and porphyry, new red sandstone, clay, potter's clay, and marl. In the lower Nahe area more flat and nutritious soils. In the upper area / Glan mouth steeper locations and more skeleton-rich soils.

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Grape varieties [white 83.0 % · red 17.0%]

Riesling 1.127 ha which is 25, 7 % of total area

Müller-Thurgau 788 ha which is 18, 0 % of total area

Silvaner 378 ha which is 8, 6 % of total area

Vineyard area

Scholl Böckelheim , upper and middle Nahe, Glan and Alsenz. Fresh and steely Rieslings develop around Monzingen and Merxheim on volcanic soils. Best wine-growing locations around Schloßböckelheim in the property of the state domain Niedernhausen-Schloßböckelheim.

Kreuznach, lower Nahe. Excellent qualities on Rhenish slate around Bretzenheim and around Bad Kreuznach

4.297 Ha· 1 district · 7 collective vineyard sites · 300+ individual sites (see below)

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Specified region Nahe

(a) Sub-region:

Bereich Nahetal

GROßLAGE Pfarrgarten

Sparbrücken (Village)

Höll

Dahlberg(Village)

Schloßberg

Ritterhölle

Sonnenberg

Hergenfeld(Village)

Mönchberg

Sonnenberg

Herrschaftsgarten

Wallhausen(Village)

Felseneck

Johannisberg

Höllenpfad

Pastorenberg

Backöfchen

Laurenziusberg

Sommerloch(Village)

Birkenberg

Steinrossel

Sonnenberg

Ratsgrund

Gutenberg/St. Ruppertsberg (Village)

St. Ruppertsberg

Römerberg

Schloßberg

Schloß Gutenberg

Felseneck

GROßLAGE Schlosskapelle

Bingerbrück (Village)

Hildegardisbrünnchen

Klostergarten

Abtei Rupertsberg

Römerberg

Weiler bei Bingen(Village)

Klostergarten

Abtei Rupertsberg

Römerberg

Münster-Sarmsheim(Village)

Römerberg

Rheinberg

Kapellenberg

Dautenpfälzer

Trollberg

Pittersberg

Königsschloß

Liebehölle

Rümmelsheim/Burg Layen(Village)

Steinköpfchen

Schloßberg

Hölle

Rothenberg

Johannisberg

Waldlaubersheim/Genheim(Village)

Domberg

Altenberg

Lieseberg

Otterberg

Saukopf

Rossel

Eckenroth(Village)

Felsenberg

Hölle

Schwepperhausen(Village)

Steyerberg

Schloßgarten

Windesheim(Village)

Saukopf

Sonnenmorgen

Rosenberg

Fels

Römerberg

Guldental(Village)

Apostelberg

Honigberg

St. Martin

Sonnenberg

Teufelsküche

Hölle

Hipperich

Rosenteich

Dorsheim(Village)

Burgberg

Honigberg

Goldloch

Pittermännchen

Klosterpfad

Laurenziweg

Jungbrunnen

Nixenberg

Trollberg

Laubenheim (Village)

Vogelsang

Karthäuser

St. Remigiusberg,

Fuchsen

Hörnchen

Krone

GROßLAGE Sonnenborn

Langenlonsheim (Village)

Löhrer Berg

Bergborn

Lauerweg

Königsschild

Rothenberg

Steinchen

St. Antoniusweg

GROßLAGE Rosengarten

Braunweiler (Village)

Michaeliskapelle

Wetterkreuz

Hellenpfad

Schloßberg

St. Katharinen (Village)

Fels

Klostergarten

Steinkreuz

Mandel (Village)

Alte Römerstraße

Schloßberg

Dellchen

Palmengarten

Roxheim (Village)

Berg

Hüttenberg

Sonnenberg

Höllenpfad

Mühlenberg

Birkenberg

Rüdesheim (Village)

Wiesberg

Goldgrube

Weinsheim (Village)

Katergrube

Kellerberg

Steinkaut

Sponheim (Village)

Schloßberg

Pfaffenberg

Abtei

Klostergarten

Grafenberg

Burgsponheim (Village)

Schloßberg

Höllenpfad

Pfaffenberg

Bockenau (Village)

Stromberg

Felseneck

Hüffelsheim (Village)

Goldgrube

Mönchberg

Steyer

Gutenhölle

GROßLAGE Kronenberg

Bad Kreuznach (Village)

Galgenberg

Tilgesbrunnen

Rosenberg

Kauzenberg

Osterhölle

Hofgarten

Kahlenberg

Mollenbrunnen

Hinkelstein

Forst

Vogelsang

Kapellenpfad

Krötenpfuhl

Brückes

St. Martin

Mönchberg

Narrenkappe

Steinberg

Hungriger Wolf

Höllenbrand

Winzenheim (Village)

Mönchberg

Hungiger Wolf

In den sieben Morgen

Honigberg

Berg Rosenheck

Ippesheim (Village)

Himmelgarten

Junker

Planig (Village)

Römerhelde

Katzenhölle

Höllenbrand

Nonnengarten

Bosenheim (Village)

Galgenberg

Höllenbrand

Paradies

Hirtenhain

Bretzenheim (Village)

Felsenköpfchen

Vogelsang

Hofgut

Pastorei

Schloßgarten

Hargesheim (Village)

Straußberg,

Mollenbrunnen

GROßLAGE Burgweg click for a picture

Altenbamberg (Village)

Laurentiusberg

Treuenfels

Kehrenberg

Schloßberg

Rotenberg

Bad Münster am Stein Ebernburg (Village)

Stein-Ebernburg

Schloßberg

Erzgrube

Köhler- Köpfchen

Stephansberg

Feuerberg

Luisengarten

Götzenfels

Königsgarten

Steigerdell

Höll

Rotenfelser im Winkel

Felseneck

Traisen (Village)

Bastei

Kickelskopf

Rotenfels

Nonnengarten

 

Norheim

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Norheim (Village) click for a picture

Götzenfels

Sonnenberg

Onkelchen

Oberberg

Kirschheck

Dellchen

Klosterberg

Kafels

Niederhausen (Village)

Pfingstweide

Felsensteyer

Rosenberg

Rosenheck

Pfaffenstein

Steinwingert click for a picture

Stollenberg

Kertz

Klamm

Hermannshöhle

Hermannsberg (Grosses Gewächs vineyard )

Steinberg (Grosses Gewächs vineyard )

Schloßböckelheim (Village) click for a picture

Kupfergrube

Felsenberg

Mühlberg

In den Felsen

Heimberg

Königsfels

Waldböckelheim (Village)

Königsfels

Mühlberg

Muckerhölle

Kirchberg

Römerberg

Hamm

Kronenfels

Drachenbrunnen

Marienpforter-Klosterberg

Oberhausen (Village)

Felsenberg

Kieselberg

Brücke

Leistenberg

Rotenberg

Duchroth (Village)

Felsenberg

Rotenberg, Kaiserberg

Vogelschlag

Feuerberg

GROßLAGE Paradiesgarten

Auen (Village)

Kaulenberg

Römerstich

Martinstein (Village)

Schloßberg (under 1 ha)

Weiler bei Monzingen (Village)

Herrenzehntel

Heiligenberg

Merxheim (Village)

Vogelsang

Römerberg

Hunolsteiner

Monzingen (Village)

Frühlingsplätzchen

Rosenberg

Halenberg

Nußbaum (Village)

Sonnenberg

Höllenberg

Rotenfeld

Kirschroth (Village)

Wildgrafenberg

Lump

Meddersheim (Village)

Rheingrafenberg

Altenberg

Edelberg

Lauschied (Village)

Edelberg

Bad Sobernheim/Steinhard (Village)

Marbach

Domberg

Spitalberg

Johannesberg

Waldböckelheim (Village)

Johannesberg

Kastell,

Oberstreit (Village)

Auf dem Zimmerberg

Boos (Village)

Kastell

Herrenberg

Staudernheim (Village)

Herrenberg

Goldgrube

Odernheim am Glan (Village)

Kloster Disibodenberg

Heßweg

Montfort

Weinsack

Kapellenberg

Langenberg

Rehborn (Village)

Herrenberg

Schikanenbuckel

Hahn

Desloch (Village)

Vor der Hölle

Hengstberg

Meisenheim (Village)

Obere Heimbach

Lettweiler (Village)

Weinsack

Rheingasse

Inkelhölle

Unkenbach (Village)

Würzhölle

Römerpfad

Obermoschel (Village)

Sonnenplätzchen

Schloßberg

Langhölle

Geißenkopf

Silberberg

Niedermoschel (Village)

Geißenkopf

Silberberg

Hahnhölle

Layenberg

Feilbingert (Village)

Feuerberg

Königsgarten

Bocksberg

Kahlenberg

Höchstes Kreuz

Hochstätten (Village)

Liebesbrunnen

Kalkofen (Village)

Graukatz

Alsenz (Village)

Elkersberg

Pfaffenpfad

Falkenberg

Hölle

Mannweiler/ Cölln (Village)

Weißenstein

Schloß Randeck

Seidenberg

Rosenberg

Bayerfeld- Steckweiler (Village)

Schloß Stolzenberg

Aspenberg

Mittelberg

Oberhausen an der Appel (Village)

Graukatz

Münsterappel (Village)

Graukatz

Niederhausen an der Appel (Village)

Graukatz