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Altenforst

Vineyard site

Altenforst is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Pfalz in Germany, covering 69.8 ha in Burrweiler. It makes up 3.6% of the Großlage Bischofskreuz. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 7.2 km north of Landau in der Pfalz and 11 km south-west of Neustadt an der Weinstraße.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Pfalz
Area
69.8 ha
Separate plots
2
Extent N–S × E–W
1.25 × 0.94 km
Centre
49.2577° N, 8.0771° E
Region
Pfalz
Bereich
Ber. Südl. Weinstraße
Großlage
Bischofskreuz

Where it is

Nearest town
7.2 km north of Landau in der Pfalz
Nearest city
11 km south-west of Neustadt an der Weinstraße 53,984 people
To the sea
388 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
197–288 m
Mean elevation
237 m
Mean slope
10.0° (18 %)
Steepest tenth
above 23°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 72,263 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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