Germany · g.U. (PDO)

Ahr

Wine region

Ahr is a wine region in Germany across 7 communes. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

One of the northernmost red wine regions in the world, Spätburgunder on steep slate in a narrow valley. Badly hit by the floods of July 2021.

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

Key facts

Type: g.U. (PDO)
Category: Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 1973-09-18
Area: 16,426 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 17.23 × 19.19 km
Centre: 50.5353° N, 7.0840° E
Grapes: Acolon, Bacchus, Blauer Frühburgunder, Blauer Portugieser, Blauer Spätburgunder, Blauer Zweigelt, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Cubin, Cabernet Dorsa, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Mitos, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Dakapo, Domina, Dornfelder, Dunkelfelder, Früher Malingre, Hegel, Huxelrebe, Johanniter, Kerner, Merlot, Müller Thurgau, Müllerrebe, Neronet, Ortega, Palas, Regent, Regner, Rotberger, Roter Traminer, Ruländer, Saint Laurent, Saphira, Solaris, Weißer Burgunder, Weißer Riesling, Würzer
Other grapes: Optima
Max yield: 100 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 2.1 km west of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Nearest city: 22 km south of Bonn 330,579 people
To the sea: 243 km
Rivers nearby: Rhine (11 km)
Same latitude: Thompson Valley (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 71–518 m
Mean elevation: 247 m

Measured over the whole outline on 70,091 elevation cells of about 49 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

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

Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)98%

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

Communes · 7

Ahrbrück
Altenahr
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Dernau
Grafschaft
Mayschoß
Rech

Inside Ahr · 39

Alte LayVineyard site
BergVineyard site
BlumeVineyard site
BurgbergVineyard site
BurggartenVineyard site
BurggartenVineyard site
DaubhausVineyard site
EckVineyard site
ForstbergVineyard site
GoldkaulVineyard site
GärkammerVineyard site
HardtbergVineyard site
HardtbergVineyard site
HerrenbergVineyard site
HimmelchenVineyard site
JesuitengartenVineyard site
KapellenbergVineyard site
KarlskopfVineyard site
KirchtürmchenVineyard site
KlosterbergSub-zone
KlostergartenVineyard site
KräuterbergVineyard site
LaacherbergVineyard site
LandskroneVineyard site
MönchbergVineyard site
PfaffenbergVineyard site
PfarrwingertVineyard site
RosenbergVineyard site
RosenthalVineyard site
SchieferlayVineyard site
SchieferleyVineyard site
SilberbergVineyard site
SonnenbergVineyard site
SonnenscheinVineyard site
SteinkaulVineyard site
StiftsbergVineyard site
TrotzenbergVineyard site
UrsulinengartenVineyard site
ÜbigbergVineyard site

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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