Kupfergrube is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Nahe in Germany, covering 15.9 ha in Schloßböckelheim. It makes up 1.5% of the Großlage Burgweg. Regional bedrock: basic volcanic rocks. It lies 9.1 km west of Bad Kreuznach and 47 km south-west of Wiesbaden.
Schlossböckelheimer Kupfergrube: terraced site on a former copper mine, planted in the early 20th century by the Prussian state domain.
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
Elevation
129–275 m
Mean elevation
215 m
Mean slope
17.3° (31 %)
Steepest tenth
above 28°
Faces
south
Measured over the whole outline on 16,987 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
Basic volcanic rocks (basalt)46%
Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)22%
Unconsolidated sediments15%
Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.