Königslay-Terraßen

Königslay-Terraßen is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Mosel in Germany, covering 9.8 ha in Merl. It makes up 1.3% of the Großlage Schwarze Katz. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 11 km north-east of Traben-Trarbach and 46 km south-west of Koblenz.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Einzellage

Within

Mosel

Area

9.8 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

0.4 × 0.47 km

Centre

50.0459° N, 7.1480° E

Region

Mosel

Bereich

Bereich Burg Cochem

Großlage

Schwarze Katz

Where it is

Nearest town

11 km north-east of Traben-Trarbach

Nearest city

46 km south-west of Koblenz 107,319 people

To the sea

242 km

Rivers nearby

Mosel (0.4 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

96–259 m

Mean elevation

175 m

Mean slope

31.0° (60 %)

Steepest tenth

above 42°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 10,690 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Mosel and German Riesling

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

• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)76%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)17%

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

Gemarkungen · 1

• Merl

Neighbours

• Adler
• Klosterberg
• Stephansberg

Sources

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