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Försterlay

Vineyard site

Försterlay is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Mosel in Germany, covering 10.4 ha in Lösnich. It makes up 0.6% of the Großlage Schwarzlay. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 7.3 km north of Bernkastel-Kues and 38 km north-east of Trier.

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

Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Mosel
Area
10.4 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
0.55 × 0.44 km
Centre
49.9782° N, 7.0451° E
Region
Mosel
Bereich
Bereich Bernkastel
Großlage
Schwarzlay

Where it is

Nearest town
7.3 km north of Bernkastel-Kues
Nearest city
38 km north-east of Trier 100,129 people
To the sea
241 km
Rivers nearby
Mosel (0.3 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation
106–238 m
Mean elevation
153 m
Mean slope
20.8° (38 %)
Steepest tenth
above 30°
Faces
south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 11,289 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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