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Schloßberg

Vineyard site

Schloßberg is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Rheinhessen in Germany, covering 5.9 ha in Oppenheim. It makes up 0.1% of the Großlage Krötenbrunnen. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 1.8 km south-east of Nierstein and 15 km south of Mainz.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Rheinhessen
Area
5.9 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
0.51 × 0.31 km
Centre
49.8589° N, 8.3538° E
Region
Rheinhessen
Bereich
Bereich Nierstein
Großlage
Krötenbrunnen

Where it is

Nearest town
1.8 km south-east of Nierstein
Nearest city
15 km south of Mainz 222,889 people
To the sea
360 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
98–153 m
Mean elevation
112 m
Mean slope
14.4° (26 %)
Steepest tenth
above 30°
Faces
north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 6,464 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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