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Burg Rheinfels

Sub-zone

Burg Rheinfels is a named sub-zone of Mittelrhein in Germany. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 12 km south-east of Boppard and 24 km south of Koblenz.

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Key facts

Type
Großlage
Within
Mittelrhein
Extent N–S × E–W
0.94 × 1.42 km
Centre
50.1503° N, 7.6906° E
Region
Mittelrhein
Bereich
Bereich Loreley

Where it is

Nearest town
12 km south-east of Boppard
Nearest city
24 km south of Koblenz 107,319 people
To the sea
302 km
Rivers nearby
Rhine (1.8 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation
83–242 m
Mean elevation
161 m
Mean slope
27.4° (52 %)
Steepest tenth
above 35°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 24,895 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.

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Sources

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

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