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Elkersberg

Vineyard site

Elkersberg is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Nahe in Germany, covering 44.5 ha in Alsenz. It makes up 3.5% of the Großlage Paradiesgarten. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks. It lies 12 km south-west of Bad Kreuznach and 43 km south-west of Mainz.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Nahe
Area
44.5 ha
Separate plots
4
Extent N–S × E–W
1.67 × 1.35 km
Centre
49.7391° N, 7.8137° E
Region
Nahe
Bereich
Bereich Nahetal
Großlage
Paradiesgarten

Where it is

Nearest town
12 km south-west of Bad Kreuznach
Nearest city
43 km south-west of Mainz 222,889 people
To the sea
337 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
152–253 m
Mean elevation
208 m
Mean slope
15.9° (28 %)
Steepest tenth
above 24°
Faces
south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 47,286 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

Sources

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

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