Wurttenberg 

Swabian model land ( "Musterländle" ) along the Neckar River and its tributaries Kocher, Jagst, Rems, Murr, Enz, Bottwar, Zaber, and Sulm and on the Tauber river around Markelsheim and Weikersheim. Wine strongholds are Heilbronn and Stuttgart . A small wine world within the round of German wine-growing areas with the most different soil and climate conditions. About half of the area is cultivated with types of red wine which makes Wurttenberg to the biggest red wine cultivation area of Germany . Apart from the urban centres of Stuttgart and Heilbronn , Wurttenberg is a rural, hilly countryside with vineyards and orchards scattered amidst forests and fields. Most of the terraced vineyards of the past have been reorganized to improve efficiency. However, a number still exist, notably the so-called "cliff gardens" near the Neckar 's scenic loops between Besigheim and Mundelsheim. With more than half of its vineyards planted with red wine varieties, Wurttenberg ranks as Germany 's premier red wine region. The main variety is Trollinger, seldom found outside of this region, followed by Schwarzriesling, also known as Müllerrebe or Pinot Meunier, and Lemberger. An additional 919 ha are planted with Spätburgunder, Dornfelder and Portugieser. Much of the wine is light, fruity and easy to enjoy; but deep-coloured, rich, full-bodied red wine with great class is also produced here. Riesling is an important variety in Wurttenberg, accounting for nearly a quarter of the vineyard area, followed by Kerner and Müller-Thurgau. Kerner, a crossing of Trollinger and Riesling, was bred at the region's oenological research and teaching institute in Weinsberg. In general, the wines are hearty and full-bodied, with a vigorous acidity.

In 2001 the region of Wurttenberg which has 11.418 ha under vine produced 1.156.532 hectolitres of grape must which gives a yield of 105,1 hectolitres per hectares this was split into 0,0% table wine 45,2 % QbA wine and 54,8 QmP wines.

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Geographical location:

East of the Rhine and Baden , between the Tauber Valley and the foothills of the Swabian Jura. The vineyards are located primarily along the valleys of the Neckar River and its tributaries, the Enz and the Rems, north and east of Stuttgart .

Major town(s): Stuttgart , Heilbronn .

 

Climate:

Mild temperatures; the hills of the Black Forest and Swabian Jura are protective and the rivers help temper the climate. Very favorable mild climate with sufficient precipitations. Especially in the Neckar valley with "basin-shaped valleys" like Heilbronn or Stuttgart very warm summer temperatures. Medium danger of late frost, but many relatively sensitive types of vines like the Trollinger are cultivated and therefore strong damages of the yield in case of late frosts. It was tried already for a long time to counteract this. At first oil stoves were put up in regular distances in the vineyards and they efficiently prevented frost damages - but for environmental reasons they are no more allowed to be operated. Furthermore it was tried to stop the frost with sprinkling, gas heating, wind installations, etc. - with different success. Such installations can today only be found in the most valuable locations.

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Geology:

The soils are varied and include shell-limestone, keuper, marl, loess and clay. Keuper and marl, muschelkalk, Jura and loess. The respective type of soil has a distinctive influence on the taste of the wine - so-called "Bodeng'fährtle" (soil taste). Due to rich and chalky soils the wines from Wurttenberg are mostly more spicy and "earthy" than wines from other wine-growing areas.

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Vineyard area

Wurttenberg is divided into the following areas:

• In the upper Neckar valley and around Reutlingen , Metzingen and Neuffen develop mostly mild Sylvaner wines on Jura rocks.
• Remstal-Stuttgart, on steep muschelkalk slopes around Stetten, Beutelsbach and Schnaidt develop Trollinger, Sylvaner and Riesling. Around Stuttgart also keuper soils with hearty Trollinger wines.
• Wurttenberg's lowland, downstream the Neckar river from Ludwigsburg via Heilbronn to Gundelsheim. Heilbronn is the centre of Trollinger cultivation. Black Riesling is extensively cultivated in Lauffen. The Enz valley around Vaihingen and Bietigheim offers besides Trollinger and Lemberger also hearty Riesling wines. The Bottwar valley from Abstatt via Kleinbottwar to Murr has a very favourable climate and therefore excellent qualities develop in this area. The Weinsberg valley between Löwenstein and Neckarsulm is also well-known due to the wine-growing school in Weinsberg. The Zabergäu between Stromberg and Heuchelberg is the centre of the Lemberger cultivation.
• Kocher-Jagst-Tauber. Sylvaner and Müller-Thurgau of gentle freshness develop on the steep terrace vineyards in these river valleys that are cut in deeply into the muschelkalk. Vineyards are found especially around Ingelfingen, Criesbach, Niedernhall, Markelsheim, and Weikersheim.

On Wurttenberg's part of Lake Constance and Bavaria 's part of Lake Constance mainly Müller-Thurgau and late burgundy are developed. The wines can be compared with the wines of the neighboring area: Baden 's part of Lake Constance .

11.418 Ha · 6 districts · 16 collective vineyard sites · 200+ individual sites (see below)

Grape varieties [white 33.7% · red 66.3%)

Trollinger 2.598 ha which is 22, 9 % of total area

Riesling 2.336 ha which is 20, 6 % of total area

Schwarzriesling 1.901 ha which is 16, 8 % of total area

Lemberger 1.204 ha which is 10, 6 % of total area

Spätburgunder 772 ha which is 6, 8 % of total area

Kerner 544 ha which is 4, 8 % of total area

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Specified region Wurttenberg

(a) Sub-regions:

Bereich Kocher-Jagst-Tauber

GROSSLAGE Tauberberg

Markelsheim (village)

Mönchsberg

Probstberg

Elpersheim (village)

Mönchsberg

Probstberg

Weikersheim (village)

Hardt

Schmecker

Karlsberg

Schäftersheim (village)

Klosterberg

Laudenbach (village)

Schafsteige

Haagen (village)

Schafsteige

Niederstetten (village)

Schafsteige

Niederstetten Orsteil Wermutshausen (village)

Schafsteige

Niederstetten Orsteil Vorbachzimmern (village)

Schafsteige

Niederstetten Orsteil Oberstetten (village)

Schafsteige

GROSSLAGE Kocherberg

Dörzbach (village)

Altenberg

Beisenberg (village)

Heiligkreuz

Künzelsau (village)

Hoher Berg

Ingelfingen (village)

Hoher Berg

Criesbach (village)

Hoher Berg

Burgstall

Niedernhall (village)

Hoher Berg

Burgstall

Engweg

Altenberg

Weißbach (village)

Engweg

Altenberg

Forchtenberg (village)

Flatterberg

Forchtenberg Orsteil Ernsbach (village)

Flatterberg

Bieringen (village)

Schlüsselberg

Widdern (village)

Hofberg

Neudenau (village)

Hofberg

Herbolzheim (village)

Hofberg

Siglingen (village)

Hofberg

Möckmühl (village)

Hofberg

Ammerlanden

Kochersteinsfeld (village)

Rosenberg

Bereich Remstal-Stuttgart

GROSSLAGE Weinsteige

Gerlingen (village)

Bopser

Leonberg (village)

Ehrenberg

Stuttgart (village)

Mönchschalde

Kriegsberg

Degerloch (village)

Scharrenberg

Hohenheim (village)

Schloßberg

Bad Cannstatt (village)

Mönchschaldeberg

Steinhalde

Zuckerle

Halde

Herzogenberg

Mönchberg

Feuerbach (village)

Berg

Zuffenhausen (village)

Berg

Wangen (village)

Berg

Münster (village)

Berg

Steinhalde

Zuckerle

Mühlhausen (village)

Steinhalde

Zuckerle

Hofen (village)

Zuckerle

Untertürkheim (village)

Herzogenberg

Mönchberg

Altenberg

Gips

Schloßberg

Lämmier

Rotenberg (village)

Schloßberg

Uhlbach (village)

Götzenberg

Gaisburg (village)

Abeisberg

Hedelfingen (village)

Lenzenberg

Rohracker (village)

Lenzenberg

Obertürkheim (village)

Kirchberg

Fellbach (village)

Herzogenberg

Mönchberg

Altenberg

Gips

Schloßberg

Lammier

Esslingen (village)

Schenkenberg

Burg

Esslingen Orsteil Mettingen (village)

Kirchenburg

Schenkenberg

Piochingen (village)

Hansen

GROSSLAGE Kopf

Korb (village)

Sommerhalde

Berg

Hörnie

Kleinheppach (village)

Greiner

Waiblingen (village)

Hörnie

Neustadt (village)

Söhrenberg

Beinstein (village)

Großmulde

Winnenden (village)

Berg

Holzenberg

Roßberg

Winnenden Orsteil Hanweiler (village)

Berg

Winnenden Orsteil Burg (village)

Schloßberg

Breuningsweiler (village)

Holzenberg 

Großheppach (village)

Wane

Grunbach (village)

Berghalde

Winterbach (village)

Hungerberg

Schorndorf (village)

Grafenberg

GROSSLAGE Wartbühl

Winnenden (village)

Haselstein

Winnenden Orsteil baach (village)

Himmelreich

Hertmannsweiler (village)

Himmelreich

Breuningsweiler (village)

Haselstein

Hanweiler (village)

Maien

Waiblingen (village)

Steingrüble

Korb (village)

Steingrüble

Kleinheppach (village )

Steingrüble

Sonnenberg

Großheppach (village)

Steingrüble

Zügernberg

Beutelsbach (village)

Sonnenberg

Altenberg

Käppele

Schhnait (village)

Sonnenberg

Altenberg

Endersbach (village)

Wetzstein

Happenhalde

Strümpfelbach (village)

Gastenklinge

Nonnenberg

Grunbach (village)

Klinge

Geradstetten (village)

Sonnenberg

Lichtenberg

Hebsack (village)

Lichtenberg

Aichelberg (village)

Luginsland

Stetten (village)

Pulvermächer

Lindhälder

Brotwasser

Häder

Rommelshausen (village)

Häder

GROSSLAGE Sonnenbühl

Beutelsbach

Schnait

Strümpfelbach

Endersbach

Stetten

Rommelshausen

Bereich Wurttenbergisch Unterland

GROSSLAGE Staufenberg

Neckarzimmern (village)

Wallmauer

Götzhalde

Kirchweinberg

Gundelsheim (village)

Himmelreich

Duttenberg (village)

Schön

Offenau (village)

Schön

Brettach (village)

Berg

Untereisesheim (village)

Vogelsang

Oedheim (village)

Kayberg

Weinsberg (village)

Kayberg

Binswangen (village)

Kayberg

Neckarsulm (village)

Scheuerberg

Erienbach (village)

Kayberg

Gellmersbach (village)

Dezberg

Eberstadt (village)

Dezberg

Ellhofen (village)

Ranzenberg

Heilbronn (village)

Stiftsberg

Wartberg

Stahluhl

Horkheim (village)

Stiftsberg

Talheim (village)

Stiftsberg

GROSSLAGE Lindelberg

Kesselfeld (village)

Schwobajörgie

Kesselfeld Osteil Obersöllbach (village)

Margarete

Bretzfeld (village)

Verrenberg (village)

Goldberg

Verrenberg

Geddelschelbach (village)

Schneckenhof

Michelsbach am Wald (village)

Margarete

Dachsteiger

Pfedelbach (village)

Goldberg

Pfedelbach Orsteil Untersteinbach (village)

Dachsteiger

Pfedelbach Orsteil Harsberg (village)

Dachsteiger

Pfedelbach Orsteil Oberohrm (village)

Dachsteiger

Heuholz (village)

Dachsteiger

Untersteinbach (village)

Schneckenhof

Adolzfurt (village)

Schneckenhof

Windischenbach (village)

Goldberg

Wüstenrot Orsteil Maienfels (village)

Schneckenhof

Bretzfeld (village)

Goldberg

Bretzfeld Orsteil Rappach (village)

Himmelreich

Siebeneich (village)

Himmelreich

Schwabbach (village)

Himmelreich

Dimbach (village)

Himmelreich

Waldbach (village)

Himmelreich

Langbeutingen (village)

Himmelreich

GROSSLAGE Salzberg

Eberstadt (village)

Somerhalde

Eberfürst

Cleversulzbach (village)

Eberfürst

Weinsberg (village)

Steinacker

Grantschen (village)

Wildenberg

Wimmental (village)

Altenberg

Ellhofen (village)

Steinacker

Wildenberg

Lehrensteinsfeld (village)

Steinacker

Sulzbach (village)

Altenberg

Willsbach (village)

Dieblesberg

Affaltrach (village)

Dieblesberg

Eschenau (village)

Paradies

Eichelberg (village)

Hundsberg

Weiler (village)

Hundsberg

Schlierbach

Löwenstein (village)

Altenberg

Wohlfahrtsberg

Löwenstein Orsteil hößlinsülz (village)

Diebiesberg

GROSSLAGE Schozachtal

Abstatt (village)

Sommeeberg

Burgberg

Burg Wildeck

Löwenstein (village)

Sommerberg

Unterheinriet (village)

Sommerberg

Ilsfeld (village)

Rappen

Auenstein (village)

Burgberg

Schloßberg

GROSSLAGE Wunnenstein

Beilstein (village)

Wartberg

Steinberg

Hohenbeilstein (village)

Schloßwengert

Oberstenfeld (village)

Forstberg

Lichtenberg

Harzberg

Gronau (village)

Forstberg

Ilsfeld (village)

Lichtenberg

Großbottwar (village)

Lichtenberg

Harzberg

Großbottwar Orsteil Winzerhausen (village)

Lichtenberg

Harzberg

Hof und lembach (village)

Lichtenberg

Harzberg

Steinheim(village)

Lichtenberg

Kleinbottwar (village)

Lichtenberg

Oberer Berg

Süßmund

Götzenburg

Ludwigsburg Orsteil Hoheneck (village)

Oberer Berg

GROSSLAGE Kirchenweinberg

Helibronn (village)

Sonnenberg

Altenberg

Flein (village)

Sonnenberg

Altenberg

Eselsberg

Untergruppenbach (village)

Scloßberg

Talheim (village)

Sonnenberg

Scloßberg

Hohe Eiche

Lauffen (village)

Katzenbeißer

Riederbückele

Jungfer

Neckarwestheim (village)

Herrlesberg

Schozach Ilsfeld Orsteil (village)

Schelmenklinge

Roter Berg

GROSSLAGE Heuchelberg

Leingarten Orsteil Schluchtern (village)

Leiersberg

Grafenberg

Leingarten Orsteil Grossgartach (village)

Grafenberg

Botenheim (village)

Ochsenberg

Cleebronn (village)

Michaelsberg

Dürrenzimmern (village)

Mönchsberg

Eibensbach (village)

Michaelsberg

Frauenzimmern (village)

Michaelsberg

Kaiserberg

Brackenheim (village)

Scloßberg

Dachsberg

Zweifelsberg

Wolfsaugen

Mönchsberg

Michelbach (village)

Hohenberg

Güglingen (village)

Michaelsberg

Kaiserberg

Hausen (village)

Jupiterberg

Haberschlacht (village)

Dachsberg

Kleingartach (village)

Grafenberg

Gemmingen (village)

Sonnenberg

Leonbronn (village)

Hahnenberg

Massenbachhausen (village)

Krahenberg

Ochsenburg (village)

Hahnenberg

Meimsheim (village)

Katzenöhrle

Neipperg (village)

Grafenberg

Scloßberg

Steingrube

Niederhofen (village)

Grafenberg

Nordhausen (village)

Sonntagsberg

Nordheim (village)

Grafenberg

Ruthe

Sonntagsberg

Grafenberg

Klinggenberg (village)

Sonntagsberg

Scloßberg

Böcklingen (village)

Sonntagsberg

Pfaffenhofen (village)

Hohenberg

Scwaigern (village)

Grafenberg

Ruthe

Sonnenberg

Stetten (village)

Sonnenberg

Stockheim (village)

Altenberg

Weiler (village)

Hohenberg

Zaberfeld (village)

Hohenberg

GROSSLAGE Stromberg

Bönnigheim (village)

Kirchberg

Sonnenberg

Diefenbach (village)

König

Ensingen (village)

Schanzreiter

Erligheim (village)

Lerchenberg

Freudenstein (village)

Reichshalde

Freudental (village)

Kirchberg

Gründelbach (village)

Wachtkopf

Steinbacherhof

Häfnerhaslach (village)

Heiligenberg

Hofen (village)

Lerchenberg

Hohenhaslach (village)

Klosterberg

Kirchberg

Hohenstein (village)

Kirchberg

Horrheim (village)

Klosterberg

Illingen (village)

Schanzreiter

Halde

Forstgrube

Kirchheim (village)

Kirchberg

Kleinsachsenheim (village)

Kirchberg

Knittlingen (village)

Reichshalde

Lienzingen (village)

Eichelsberg

Schanzreiter

Maulbronn (village)

Reichshalde

Eilfingerberg

Klosterstück

Mülacker Orsteil Lomersheim (village)

Halde

Mülhausen (village)

Halde

Obererdingen (village)

Kupferhalde

Ochsenbach (village)

Liebenberg

Ötisheim (village)

Sauberg

Riet (village)

Kirchberg

Rosswag (village)

Halde

Forstgrube

Schützingen (village)

Heiligenberg

Speilberg (village)

Liebenberg

Sternenfeld (village)

König

Vaihingen (village)

Halde

GROSSLAGE Schalkstein

Affalterbach (village)

Neckarhade

Allmersbach (village)

Alter Berg

Asperg (village)

Berg

Freiberg/Nekar orsteil Beihingen (village)

Neckarhälde

Benningen (village)

Neckarhälde

Besigheim (village)

Wurmberg

Felsengarten

Bietigheim (village)

Wurmberg

Bissingen (village)

Felsengarten

Erdmannhausen (village)

Neckarhälde

Gemmrigheim (village)

Wurmberg

Felsengarten

Ingersheim Orsteil Grossingersheim (village)

Scloßberg

Hoheneck (village)

Neckarhälde

Enzweihingen (village)

Sankt Johannser

Hessigheim (village)

Wurmberg

Felsengarten

Käsberg

Höpfigheim (village)

Königsberg

Kirchberg (village)

Keltrberg

Kleinaspach (village)

Kelterberg

Ingersheim Orsteil Kleiningersheim (village)

Scloßberg

Löchgau (village)

Felsengarten

Marbach (village)

Neckarhälde

Markgröningen (village)

Berg

Sankt Johannser

Mundelsheim (village)

Käsberg

Mühlbächer

Rozenberg

Murr (village)

Neckarhälde

Neckarweihingen (village)

Neckarhälde

Poppenweiler (village)

Neckarhälde

Rielinghausen (village)

Kelterberg

Rietenau (village)

Güldenkern

Steinheim (village)

Burgberg

Walheim (village)

Wurmberg

Felsengarten

Bereich Wurttenbergischer Bodensee

Ravensberg (village no Grosslagen)

Rauenegg

Kressbronn/Bodensee (village no Grosslagen)

Berghalde

Bereich Bayerischer Bodensee

GROSSLAGE Lindauer Seegarten

Nonnenhorn (village)

Seehalde

Sonnenbüchel

Lindau (village)

Spitalhalde

Wasserburg (village)

Spitalhalde

Hattnau (village)

Weinhalde

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