Doctor is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Mosel in Germany, covering 3.3 ha in Bernkastel. It makes up 5.9% of the Großlage Badstube. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies next to Bernkastel-Kues and 36 km east of Trier.
Bernkasteler Doctor: tiny, very steep site right above Bernkastel. Legend says its wine cured the Archbishop of Trier, Boemund II, in the 14th century. Among the most expensive vineyard land in Germany.
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
Elevation
119–209 m
Mean elevation
160 m
Mean slope
27.3° (52 %)
Steepest tenth
above 33°
Faces
south-west
Measured over the whole outline on 3,572 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.