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Michelsberg

Michelsberg is a named sub-zone of Mosel in Germany. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 12 km south of Wittlich and 25 km east of Trier.

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Key facts

Type

Großlage

Within

Mosel

Extent N–S × E–W

8.66 × 8.06 km

Centre

49.8777° N, 6.9400° E

Region

Mosel

Bereich

Bereich Bernkastel

Where it is

Nearest town

12 km south of Wittlich

Nearest city

25 km east of Trier 100,129 people

To the sea

242 km

Rivers nearby

Mosel (0.3 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

114–362 m

Mean elevation

182 m

Mean slope

13.3° (24 %)

Steepest tenth

above 28°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 31,105 elevation cells of about 25 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)71%
• Unconsolidated sediments29%

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

Inside Michelsberg · 29

• AltärchenVineyard site
• ApothekeVineyard site
• BraunebergVineyard site
• BurglayVineyard site
• DomherrVineyard site
• EngelgrubeVineyard site
• FalkenbergVineyard site
• FelsenkopfVineyard site
• GeisbergVineyard site
• GoldtröpfchenVineyard site
• GrafenbergVineyard site
• Großer HengelbergVineyard site
• GärtchenVineyard site
• GünterslayVineyard site
• HofbergerVineyard site
• Häs'chenVineyard site
• KapellchenVineyard site
• KreuzwingertVineyard site
• LaudamusbergVineyard site
• LeiterchenVineyard site
• NiederbergVineyard site
• NußwingertVineyard site
• RosenbergVineyard site
• RosenbergVineyard site
• RosengärtchenVineyard site
• RoterdVineyard site
• SchubertslayVineyard site
• SonnenuhrVineyard site
• TreppchenVineyard site

Wineries · 23

• Gästehaus Weingut Konstantinhöhe
• Gästehaus Weingut Schmitz
• Kirsten
• Römerweinhof
• Weingut Bernhard Eifel
• Weingut Bollig-Prüm
• Weingut Bollig-Später
• Weingut Ernst Clüsserath
• Weingut Gunther Matheus
• Weingut Hain
• Weingut Hermes-Lex
• Weingut Hoffmann-Simon
• Weingut Johanneshof
• Weingut Jüngling
• Weingut Karthäuserhof
• Weingut Lehnert-Veit
• Weingut Maring-Prigge
• Weingut Matheus
• Weingut Philipps-Veit
• Weingut Reuscher-Haart
• Weingut Scholtes
• Weingut Stefan Hermen
• Weingut Thielen-Schunk & Sohn

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Sources

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

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