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Kirchberg

Vineyard site

Kirchberg is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Rheinhessen in Germany, covering 98.4 ha in Eckelsheim. It makes up 3.0% of the Großlage Rheingrafenstein. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 10 km south-east of Bad Kreuznach and 38 km south-west of Wiesbaden.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Rheinhessen
Area
98.4 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
1.73 × 1.03 km
Centre
49.7879° N, 7.9879° E
Region
Rheinhessen
Bereich
Bereich Bingen
Großlage
Rheingrafenstein

Where it is

Nearest town
10 km south-east of Bad Kreuznach
Nearest city
38 km south-west of Wiesbaden 288,850 people
To the sea
343 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
144–228 m
Mean elevation
182 m
Mean slope
6.7° (12 %)
Steepest tenth
above 17°
Faces
west

Measured over the whole outline on 104,001 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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