wines from the Rheinpfalz region
Bordered by Rheinhessen on the north and France on the south and west, the Rheinpfalz extends some 80 km in north-southern direction along the eastern foothills of the Haardt on 6 - 10 km width. Between Bockenheim in the North and Schweigen in the South. It is Germany 's second largest wine region in acreage, but often has the largest crop of all. The word Pfalz is a derivation of the Latin word palatium, meaning palace. The English equivalent, Palatinate , is sometimes used to refer to the Pfalz. Modern technology and viticultural training have made their mark here in the past four decades. Yet for the visitor driving through the sea of vines along the German Wine Road , the scene is still pastoral with the tree-covered Haardt mountain range, castle ruins, fruit trees, and old walled villages of half-timbered houses. The Pfalz is second only to the Mosel in acreage planted with the noble Riesling grape. Here, it yields wines of substance and finesse, with a less austere acidity than their Mosel counterparts. Pleasant, mild white wines rich in bouquet and full of body are produced from Müller-Thurgau, Kerner, Silvaner and Scheurebe grapes, while smooth, fruity red wine is made from the Portugieser grape. There are many new plantings of Dornfelder, which produces a deep-coloured wine that can be quite complex, depending on the winemaking methods used.
In 2001 the region of Pfalz which has 23.357 ha under vine produced 2.272.051 hectolitres of grape must which gives a yield of 102,1 hectolitres per hectares this was split into 0,7% table wine 50,5 % QbA wine and 48,8 QmP wines.
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Geographical location:
Between the densely forested Haardt Mountains (an extension of the Vosges ) and the Rhine plain, extending from south of Worms all the way to the French border. Major town(s): Bad Dürkheim, Neustadt, Landau.
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Climate:
Exceptionally warm and sunny. Rain clouds are diverted through the Haardt and the Donnersberg in the West or they already lost the rain when they reach the Lower Palatinate . Due to the almost Mediterranean climate also almonds, chestnuts and figs develop in the Lower Palatinate . Very rarely damages through late or winter frosts.
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Geology:
Loam is prevalent, often in a mixture with other soil types, such as loess, chalk, clay, coloured sandstone or sand
Easy to warm up and dry soils of new red sandstone, loess in the northern area and around Landau. In direction Rhineland sandy soils and alluvial land. Around Bad Dürkheim and Deidesheim skeleton-rich alluvial gravel.
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Vineyard area 23.357 ha · 2 districts · 25 collective vineyard sites · 300+ individual sites
- Southern Weinstraße (wine road), between Neustadt and Schweigen. The stronghold of fresh and light wines. Consumed in 0.5 l glasses, they are in summer clearly preferred compared to beer.
- Mittelhaardt/Deutsche Weinstraße ( German Wine Road ), on the light gravelly to loess soils between Neuenstadt and Bockenheim develop full-bodied Sylvaner and elegant Riesling wines that don't need to fear comparison with the Mosel Rieslings
Grape varieties white68.9% · 31.1%
Riesling 4.863 ha which is 20, 8 % of total area
Müller-Thurgau 3.568 ha which is 15, 2 % of total area
Portugieser 2.601 ha which is 11, 1% of total area
Dornfelder 2.302 ha which is 9, 8 % of total area
Kerner 1.914 ha which is 8, 2 % of total area
Spätburgunder 1.254 ha which is 5, 4 % of total area
Silvaner 1.211 ha which is 5, 2 % of total area
Scheurebe 722 ha which is 3, 1 % of total area
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Bereich Mittelhaardt Deutsche Weinstrasse
GROSSLAGEN Feuerberg
Ohligpfad 48.2 ha
Kieselberg 49 ha
Vogelsang 102.9 ha
Annaberg 5.3 ha (south facing with yellow sandstone)
Kreidkeller 23 ha
Herrenmorgen
Steinberg 55.8 ha
Nonnengarten 299 ha
Sonnenberg 85 ha
Dickkopp 22.4 ha
Bubeneck 50.5 ha
Martinshöhe 57.1 ha
GROSSLAGEN Grafenstück
Bockenheim an der Weinstrasse (village)
Schloßberg 18 ha
Vogelsang 16 ha
Hassmannsberg 9.5 ha
Burggarten 3.7 ha
Klosterschaffnere 4.7 ha
Sonnenberg 145 ha
Goldgrube 11 ha
Heiligenkirche 25 ha
Vogelsang 56.4 ha
Sonnenberg 46.5 ha
Katzenstein 20 ha
Burweg 23.7 ha
Mühlheim (village)
Sonnenberg 80 ha
Hochgericht 37 ha
Albsheim (village)
Benn
Benn 20 ha
Rosengarten 27.2 ha
Mandelpfad 22 ha
Obrigheim Orsteil Colgenstein (village)
Schloß 28 ha
GROSSLAGEN Hochmess
Michelsberg 3.3ha
Bad Dürkheim
Michelsberg 5 ha Grosser Gewăchs( limestone soil and good exposure)
Spielberg 16 ha ( limestone soil and good exposure)
Rittergarten 15.75 ha
Hochbenn 52.3 ha
GROSSLAGEN Hofstück
Kirschenstück 21.5 ha
Sonnenberg 85 ha
Mandelgarten 36.1 ha
Klostergarten 28.1 ha
Rosengarten 33.5 ha
Gerümpel 57.3 ha
Fuchsloch 60.4 ha
Fuchsloch 60.4
Osterbrunnen 43.7 ha
Klostergarten 76.6 ha
Schloßberg 84.8 ha
Nonnenstück 159.88 ha
Linsenbusch 221.7 ha
Hoheburg 21.7 ha
Gaisböhl 7.6 ha (red and yellow sandstone in this south facing slope)
Reiterpfad 87.3 ha ( some chlky soil with some loam and sandstone)
Spieß 6 ha
Nußbien 75.2 ha
Spielburg 35.7 ha
Neuberg 207.8 ha
GROSSLAGEN Höllenpfad
St Martins-Kreuz 5.7 ha
Bergel 11.7 ha
Röth 36.9 ha
Schloß
Goldberg 59.2 ha
St Stephan 76.5 ha
Schloß 17 ha
Hütt 36.5 ha
Honigsack 61.3 ha
Klostergarten 54.3 ha
Feuermännchen 24.2 ha
Sonnenberg 30 ha
Schloßberg 10.7 ha
Herrgottsacker 7.6 ha
Herrenberg 23.1 ha
Senn 25.5 ha
Frauenländchen 92.8 ha
Kieselberg 36.8 ha
Schloßberg 19.6 ha
GROSSLAGEN Honigsäckel
Weilberg 33.4 ha Grosser Gewăchs (Reddish clay and loam)
Herrenberg 33.4 ha (Sand limestone and loam)
Nußriegel 76.3 ha
GROSSLAGEN Kobnert
Mandelröth 56.1 ha
Kapellgarten 3 ha
Liebesbrunnen 79.7 ha
Mandelgarten 103.6 ha
Sonnenberg 70 ha
Kirchenstück 51 ha
Himmelreich 26 ha
Honigsack 151.8 ha
Musikantenbuckel 190.5 ha ( very big vineyard with sandy soil and gravel)
Oschelskopf 85.6 ha
Schwarzes Kreuz 82 ha
Kirschgarten 90 ha
Osterberg 80 ha ( Some Chardonnay and Gewurstraminer planted in this vineyard)
Bettelhaus 72.6 ha
Kronenberg 62.4 ha ( Light gravelly soil)
Steinacker 159.8 ha
Saumagen 50 ha ( sandstone and loam ,the vineyard has a reputation of being a suntrap)
Kalkofen 36.7 ha
Kirschenstück 16.6 ha
Herzfeld 14 ha
GROSSLAGEN Mariengarten
Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse (village) Bohlig 5.3 ha (mostly on the flat)
Belz 1 ha
Rechbächel 3.1 ha Grosser Gewăchs (red and yellow sandstone)
Goldbächel 4.3 ha
Gerümpel 12.8 ha Grosser Gewăchs
Altenburg 8 ha
Forst an der Weinstrasse (village)
Musenhang 7.6 ha (weathered sandstone on the high slopes)
Pechstein 17 ha Grosser Gewăchs ( Sandy loam and Basalt soil)
Jesuitengarten 6.8 ha Grosser Gewăchs (100% Riesling on basalt and sandstone soil)
Kirchenstück 3.67 ha Grosser Gewăchs (The situation is in a height of 120–150 m and shows a relatively low hillside inclination; however there is a local-climatic special position, because the Kirchenstück and its surrounding knee-high sandstone walls and sandstone buildings store the suns heat over the day and releases it at night, so that a more easily dry-warm wind stream blows the moisture and cold from the area at night.
Freundstück 3.7 ha
Ungeheuer 39.4 ha Grosser Gewăchs The hillside situation of 120–150 m makes the draining of cold air masses possible to so in the frosty in the spring nights the danger of frost is rare ,limestone lets wines with ripe, soft acidity thrive
The weathered basalt rock has the ability to be able to store sun heat for the night.
Elster 7.6 ha ( Dark sandy soil)
Deidesheim (village)
Deidesheim (village)
Herrgottsacker 121.5 ha (At a hight of 120-180 m Inclination: steep: 10%, medium 20% flat 70%Ground: Clay and sandy soils, isolated limestone.one of the largest vineyards. The first designation of the name was in the year 1491.)
Mäushöhle 30.8 ha (At a height of 120-180 m Inclination: medium100 percent .Ground: Clay with sandy loam, isolated weathered limestone giving delicate wines.The first designation of the name was in the year 1208.)
Kieselberg 15.51 ha (at a height of 150-160 m Inclination: flat 100 percent Ground: Clay ,weathered sandstone here and there with , isolated weathered limestone,The first designation of the name was in the year 1234.)
Kalkofen 4.96 ha Grosser Gewăchs ( At a height of 150 m Inclination medium 100 percent Ground: Limestone, clay, loamThe first designation of the name was in the year 1513.)
Grainhübel 7.24 ha Grosser Gewăchs(At a height of117-150m Inclination steep 40% medium 50%, flat 10% .Limestone subsoil with clayey sand, The first designation of the name was in the year 1412).
Hohenmorgen 2.76 ha Grosser Gewăchs (At a height of 130-140m Inclination medium 100%the vineyard is above the village it has
clay ,sandy clay, with limestone subsoil. The first designation of the name was in the year 1828.)
Leinhöhle 17.89 ha (At a height of 120-150 m Inclination: medium 65% flat 35% Ground: loam, isolated with red Sandsone,does not perform well in dry years,The first designation of the name was in the year 1310.)
Langenmorgan 9.81 ha (At a height of 125-150 m Inclination medium 100% Ground:Limestone subsoil with clayey sand giving softer wine. The first designation of the name was in the year 1491.)
Nonnenstück 160 ha (At a height of 115m Inclination: flat 100 percent Ground: Sand, clay, clayey sand, with water influence. The first designation of the name was in the year 1673.)
Paradiesgarten 30.24 ha Grosser Gewăchs ( at a height of 120-170 m Inclination: steep: 10%, medium 90%Ground: loam and clayey sand,south-east facing,the first designation of the name was by 1955 before that it was known as Waldberg.)
GROSSLAGEN Meerspinne
Königsbach an der Weinstrasse (village)
Ölberg 36.4 ha Grosser Gewăchs ( clay and limestone soils)
Idig 19.2 ha Grosser Gewăchs ( clay and limestone soils)
Jesuitsgarten 17.1
Reiterpfad 30.4
Gimmeldingen an der Weinstrasse (village)
Biengarten 20.5 ha ( weathered sandstone)
Kapellenberg 35.3 ha
Mandelgarten 33.2 ha ( weathered sandstone)
Schlössel 33.8 ha
Mußbach an der Weinstrasse (village)
Mandelgarten
Schlössel
Eselshaut 314.3 ha ( 553 m high The Eselshaut possesses dry, mainly sandy grounds, with which a early warming is guaranteed. It lies southeast to northwest and show also a favourable corner to the morning sun . This circumstance extends the time, in which the grapes are exposed for the sun during the day and can form sugar. The hillside inclination also causes that cold air masses flow away in frosty in the spring nights to the Rhine level to and frost.usually stays away from the vines.)
Glockenzehnt 26.2 ha
Kurfüst 50.9 ha ( nearly flat vineyards)
Speigel 8 ha
Bischofsweg 52 ha
Johannitergarten 1.5 ha
Mandelring
Haardt an der Weinstrasse (village)
Mandelring 38 ha
Herzog 32.8 ha
Herrenletten 153 ha (Medium slope with loam over a sandstone sub-soil)
Bürgergarten 21.3 ha
Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (village)
Mönchgarten 33.1 ha
GROSSLAGEN Pfaffengrund
Berg 175 ha
Hambach an der Weinstrasse (village)
Römerbrunnen 85.4 ha
Langenstein 60 ha
Lerchenböhl 120 ha
Kroatenpfad 100 ha
Kreuzberg 104.5 ha
Mandelsberg 69.8 ha
Kalkberg 25.5 ha (Light sand and loam soil)
Gässel 115.8 ha
GROSSLAGEN Rebstöckel
Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (village)
Grain 33.4
Erkenbrecht 20.2 ha
Hambach an der Weinstrasse (village)
Kaiserstuhl 31.5 ha
Kirchberg 24.1 ha
Feuer 81.8 ha
Schloßberg 128 ha
Diedesfeld an der Weinstrasse (village)
Ölgässel 59.3 ha
Johanniskirchel 81.5 ha
Paradies 100.8 ha
GROSSLAGEN Rosenbühl
Burgweg 70.8 ha
Burgweg 13.5 ha
Hahnen 89.4 ha
Hasenzeile 81 ha
Halde 68.2 ha
Altenburg 63.3 ha
Goldberg 54.1 ha
Goldberg 110 ha (Partly terraced with sandy soil)
Kieselberg 32 ha
Goldberg
GROSSLAGEN Schnepfenpflug vom Zellertal
Im Heubusch 1.6 ha
Schloßgarten 3.7 ha
Schloßberg 0.2 ha
Am hohen Stein 1.7 ha
Goldloch 18.6 ha
Heilighäuschen
Albishheim (village)
Heiligenborn 20 ha
Klosterstück 49.6 ha
Kreuzberg 20.7 ha
Klosterstück 26.4 ha
Kreuzberg 37.8 ha
Königsweg 28 ha
Schwarzer Herrgott 10.8 ha
Kreuzberg 26.4 ha
Königsblick 14.4 ha
Hahnenkamm 5.7 ha
Sonnenstück 10 ha
Ottersheim/Zellertal (village)
Bräunersberg 1.4 ha
Breinsberg 3 ha
Esper 2.3 ha
GROSSLAGEN Schekenböhl
Abstfronhof 3.3 ah
Fronhof 84 ha
Fuchsmantel 24.4 ha
Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse (village)
Fuchsmantel 15 ha
Königswingert 155 ha
Mandelgarten 210 ha
Odistal 3.5 ha
schloßberg 16 ha
GROSSLAGEN Schnepfenpflug an der Weinstrasse
Kreuz 42.2 ha
Schloßgarten 84.5 ha
Bischofsgarten 89.6 ha
Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse (village)
Bischofsgarten 105 ha
Luginsland 25.8 ha
Forst an der Weinstrasse (village)
Bischofsgarten 42.8 ha
Stift 54.8 ha (there are some Pinot blanc, pinot noir as well as Riesling planted here)
Letten 122.99 ha
GROSSLAGEN Schwarzerde
Schloßgarten 4.5 ha
Vorderberg 47 ha
Schafberg 26.8 ha
Heucheiheim bei Frankenthal (village)
Steinkopf 57.2 ha
Herrgottsacker 155.2 ha
Jesuitenhofgarten 5.5 ha
Mandelpfad 152.5 ha Grosser Gewăchs
Schnepp 12.6 ha
LangeEls 29 ha
Lerchenspeil 48.6 ha
Klosterweg 45 ha
Kapellenberg 32.8 ha ( Sandy soil)
Mandelberg 51 ha Grosser Gewăchs (loess and loam over a sandstone sub-soil)
Kirschgarten 43.8 ha ( planted with red grape vines)
Burgweg 101.5 ha (Sloping large vineyard with sandstone subsoil and loam soil)
Osterberg 152.6 ha (Sloping large vineyard with sandstone subsoil and loam soil)
Held 53.7 ha
Steig 36 ha
Orienberg 26.6 ha
Goldberg 44.6 ha
Kirchheim am der Wienstrasse (village)
Kreuz 74.3
Römerstraße 50.2
Steinacker 57.4
Geißkopf 75.4
Bereich südliche Weinstrasse
GROSSLAGEN Mandelhöhe
Kapellenberg 142 ha
Kirchenstück 64.6 ha
Immengarten 22.3 ha
Heiligenberg 161.8 ha
Römerweg 230 ha
Mandelberg 205.7 Grosser Gewăchs (Loess soil)
Oberschloß 206.7 ha
GROSSLAGEN Schloss Ludwigshöhe
Kirschberg 60 ha
Baron 118.4 ha
Bergel 81.5 ha
Heilig Kreuz 93.7 ha
Klostergarten 3.6 ha
Heidegarten 77.9 ha
Kirchberg 54 ha
Blücherhöhe 2.2 ha
Mühlberg 2.3 ha
Schwarzer Letten 42 ha
Kastaniengarten 62.8 ha
GROSSLAGEN Ordensgut
Rhodt unter Rietburg (village)
Klosterpfad 79.7 ha
Schloßberg 77.7 ha
Rosengarten 97.3 ha
Michelsberg 62.2 ha
Letten 50.6 ha
Kapelle 126 ha
Kirchenstück 27.5 ha
Forst 87.5 ha
Mandelhang 78.8 ha
Schloß 4.3 ha
Rosengarten 349.5 ha
GROSSLAGEN Trappenberg
Ortelberg 26 ha
Gottesacker 65 ha
Hochgericht 70.3 ha
Doctor 395.6 ha
Groß-und-Kleinfischlingen (village)
Kirchberg 202 ha
Bildberg 85 ha
Rossberg 127.7 ha
Sonnenberg 125 ha
Osterberg 114.8 ha
Ottersheim bei Landau (village)
Kahlenberg 19.2 ha
Gollenberg 22 ha
Neuberg 66.4 ha
Roter Berg 324.6 ha
Klostergarten 37.8 ha
Klostergarten 37.8 ha
Schloßberg 42.8 ha
Bründelsberg
Römerburg Orsteil Mechtersheim (village)
Schlittberg 2.5 ha
Alterberg 8.6 ha
Römerburg Orsteil Helligenstein (village)
Alterberg 8.6 ha
Narrenberg 9 ha
Römerburg Orsteil Berghausen (village)
Narrenberg 9 ha
GROSSLAGEN Bischofskreuz
Altenforst 45.9 ha
St Annaberg 6.3 ha
Schäwer 27.5 ha ( unusual grey slate soil)
Schloßgarten 77ha
Hölle 65.4 ha (Red sandsteone and a very warm microclimate)
Herrenbuckel 49.8 ha
Vogelsprung 86.7 ha
Zechpeter 51.5 ha
Böchchingen (village)
Rosenkranz 207.4
Herrenberg 439 ha
Kaiserberg 42.6 ha
Kirchenstück 18.2 ha
Silberberg 304 ha
Rosenkärnzel 96.8 ha
Hohenrain 169.8 ha
Höhe 90 ha
GROSSLAGEN Königsgarten
Altes löhl 30 ha
Münzberg 470 ha
Kalkgrube 101.2 ha
Biengarten 65.9 ha
Latt 100ha
Mönchspfad 29.6 ha
Im sonnenschein Grosser Gewăchs112 ha
Rosenberg 4 ha
Rosenberg 30.5 ha (There is some chardonnay planted in this vineyard)
Kastanienbusch 79 ha Grosser Gewăchs ( South facing with reddish slate soil)
Mandelberg 30.3 ha Grosser Gewăchs ( Loam soil)
Seligmacher 62 ha
Rosenberg 173.5 ha
Seligmacher 260 ha
GROSSLAGEN Herrlich
Sonnenberg 110 ha (Stoney vineyard with clay, limestone and loam)
Hasen 92 ha
Kaiserberg 465 ha
Sonnenberg 23.5 ha
Rittersberg 323.4 ha
Mütterle 213.2 ha
Pfaffenberg 392 ha
Abtsberg 226 ha
Schäfergarten 160 ha
Herxheim bei Landau in der Pfalz (village)
Engelsberg 50 ha
Am Gaisberg 5 ha
GROSSLAGEN Guttenberg
Wonneberg 25 ha
Wonneberg 132.3 ha
Sonnenberg 110 ha
Sonnenberg 145 ha
Sonnenberg
Wolfsberg
Lerchenberg 24.8 ha
Herrenwingert
Eselsbuckel 50.2 ha
Kirchhöh 155.3 ha
Krapfenberg 24.6 ha
Gräfenberg 72 ha
Gaigenberg 8.7 ha
Herrenberg 36.4 ha
GROSSLAGEN Kloster Liebfrauenberg
Maria Magdalena 164 ha
Herrenpfad 215.3 ha
Mandelpfad 170 ha
Billigheim-Ingenheim (village)
Mandelpfad
Venusbuckel 63.7 ha
Sauschwänzel 55 ha
Steingebiß 152.5 ha
Pfaffenberg 231 ha
Rosenberg 300 ha
Rosenberg
Narrenberg 87 ha
Narrenberg
Kirchberg 59.8 ha
Frohnwingert 126 ha
Silberberg 165 ha
Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach (village)
Kirchberg 75 ha
Frühmess 64.4 ha
Pleisweiler-Oberhofen (village)
Schloßberg 130 ha
Bad Bergzabern (village)
Altenberg 35 ha
Rosengarten 91 ha