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.
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.
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.
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)
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