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Kreuz

Vineyard site

Kreuz is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Pfalz in Germany, covering 129.3 ha in Kirchheim. It makes up 4.0% of the Großlage Schwarzerde. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 3.9 km south of Grünstadt and 12 km west of Frankenthal.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Pfalz
Area
129.3 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
1.25 × 1.43 km
Centre
49.5325° N, 8.1883° E
Region
Pfalz
Bereich
Ber. Mittelhaardt/Dt. Weinstraße
Großlage
Schwarzerde

Where it is

Nearest town
3.9 km south of Grünstadt
Nearest city
12 km west of Frankenthal 47,438 people
To the sea
373 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
152–179 m
Mean elevation
168 m
Mean slope
2.4° (4 %)
Steepest tenth
above 4°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 135,001 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

Wineries · 1

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Sources

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

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