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Ritterberg

Vineyard site

Ritterberg is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Rheinhessen in Germany, covering 212.4 ha in Schornsheim. It makes up 5.4% of the Großlage Domherr. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 2.6 km east of Wörrstadt and 17 km south-west of Mainz.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Rheinhessen
Area
212.4 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
1.55 × 2.14 km
Centre
49.8481° N, 8.1609° E
Region
Rheinhessen
Bereich
Bereich Nierstein
Großlage
Domherr

Where it is

Nearest town
2.6 km east of Wörrstadt
Nearest city
17 km south-west of Mainz 222,889 people
To the sea
349 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
156–230 m
Mean elevation
193 m
Mean slope
4.0° (7 %)
Steepest tenth
above 8°
Faces
north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 224,625 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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