wines from the Mittelrhein region

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    Mittelrhein

    Bad Ems
    Bad Honnigen
    Bacharach
    Bacharach-steeg
    Bonn
    Bornich
    Boppard
    Braubach
    Brey
    Damscheid
    Dausenau
    Dattenberg
    Dellhofen
    Dörscheid
    Ehrenbreitstein
    Engenhölle
    Fachbach
    Filsen
    Hammerstein
    Kamp-Bornhofen
    Kaub
    Kasbach
    Kestert
    Koblenz
    Königswinter
    Lahnstein
    Langscheid
    Leubsdorf
    Leutesdorf
     
     
     
     
     

     

     

    Linz
    Manubach
    Niederburg
    Niederdollendorf
    Niederheimbach
    Nochern
    Oberdiebach
    Oberdollendorf
    Oberheimbach
    Obernhof
    Oberwesel
    Osterspai
    Patersberg
    Perscheid
    Rheinbrohl
    Rheindiebach
    Rhens
    Rhöndorf
    Sankt-Goarshausen
    Sankt-Goar-Werlau
     
    Spay
     
    Trechtingshgausen
     
    Unkel
     
    Urbar
     
    Vallendar
     
    Weinähr
     
     
     
     

     

     

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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

    Fässerlay

    Feuerlay

    Mandelstein

    Ohlenberg

    Weingrube

    Brey (village)

    Hämmchen

    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 Gewächs vineyard)

    St martinsberg

    Römerkrug

    Engenhölle (village)

    Bernstein (Grosse Gewächs vineyard)

    Dellhofen (village)

    Römerkrug

    St Werner-Berg

    Langscheid (village)

    Hundert

    Perscheid (village)

    Rosental

    GROSSLAGE Schloss Stahleck

    Bacharach (village)

    Hahn (Grosse Gewächs vineyard)

    Insel heylesern wert

    Kloster fürstental

    Mathaias weingarten

    Posten (Grosse Gewächs vineyard)

    Wolfshöhle (Grosse Gewächs vineyard)

    Bacharach-Steeg (village)

    Hambusch

    Lennenborn

    St jost (Grosse Gewächs vineyard)

    Schloß Stahlberg

    Manubach (village)

    Heilgarten

    Langgarten

    Mönchwingert

    St Oswald

    Oberdiebachiebach (village)

    Bischofshub

    Fürstenberg

    Kräuterberg

    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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