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Altenberg

Vineyard site

Altenberg is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Rheinhessen in Germany, covering 156.9 ha in Hillesheim. It makes up 3.9% of the Großlage Krötenbrunnen. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 11 km east of Alzey and 22 km south of Mainz.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Rheinhessen
Area
156.9 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
2.01 × 1.8 km
Centre
49.7811° N, 8.2635° E
Region
Rheinhessen
Bereich
Bereich Nierstein
Großlage
Krötenbrunnen

Where it is

Nearest town
11 km east of Alzey
Nearest city
22 km south of Mainz 222,889 people
To the sea
360 km

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
158–230 m
Mean elevation
189 m
Mean slope
4.9° (9 %)
Steepest tenth
above 8°
Faces
west

Measured over the whole outline on 165,895 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Mosel and German Riesling

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Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Gemarkungen · 1

Neighbours

Sources

Landwirtschaftskammer Rheinland-Pfalz, Weinbergslagen (dl-de/by-2-0)

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