Liebeneck-Sonnenlay

Liebeneck-Sonnenlay is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Mittelrhein in Germany, covering 86.3 ha in Osterspai. It makes up 71.4% of the Großlage Marksburg. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks. It lies 1.7 km north-east of Boppard and 12 km south of Koblenz.

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

Key facts

Type

Einzellage

Within

Mittelrhein

Area

86.3 ha

Separate plots

2

Extent N–S × E–W

1.2 × 2.99 km

Centre

50.2449° N, 7.5987° E

Region

Mittelrhein

Bereich

Bereich Loreley

Großlage

Marksburg

Where it is

Nearest town

1.7 km north-east of Boppard

Nearest city

12 km south of Koblenz 107,319 people

To the sea

291 km

Rivers nearby

Rhine (0.9 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

64–208 m

Mean elevation

114 m

Mean slope

9.1° (16 %)

Steepest tenth

above 24°

Faces

north

Measured over the whole outline on 93,109 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

• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)50%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)50%

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

Gemarkungen · 1

• Osterspai

Sources

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