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Gipfel

Sub-zone

Gipfel is a named sub-zone of Mosel in Germany. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 8.6 km west of Saarburg and 22 km south-west of Trier.

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Key facts

Type
Großlage
Within
Mosel
Extent N–S × E–W
17.87 × 14.01 km
Centre
49.6142° N, 6.4247° E
Region
Mosel
Bereich
Bereich Obermosel

Where it is

Nearest town
8.6 km west of Saarburg
Nearest city
22 km south-west of Trier 100,129 people
To the sea
238 km
Rivers nearby
Mosel (2 km) · Saar (9.7 km) · Sauer (11 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation
132–372 m
Mean elevation
219 m
Mean slope
8.6° (15 %)
Steepest tenth
above 17°
Faces
west

Measured over the whole outline on 24,184 elevation cells of about 25 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.

Inside Gipfel · 20

Wineries · 6

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Sources

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

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