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Himmelreich

Vineyard site

Himmelreich is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Mosel in Germany, covering 334.7 ha in Zeltingen-Rachtig. It makes up 52.5% of the Großlage Münzlay. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 8.6 km south-east of Wittlich and 35 km north-east of Trier.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Mosel
Area
334.7 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
2.71 × 2.51 km
Centre
49.9661° N, 7.0098° E
Region
Mosel
Bereich
Bereich Bernkastel
Großlage
Münzlay

Where it is

Nearest town
8.6 km south-east of Wittlich
Nearest city
35 km north-east of Trier 100,129 people
To the sea
240 km
Rivers nearby
Mosel (0.7 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation
100–300 m
Mean elevation
194 m
Mean slope
8.0° (14 %)
Steepest tenth
above 19°
Faces
west

Measured over the whole outline on 355,568 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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