Lerchenspiel

Lerchenspiel is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Pfalz in Germany, covering 56.8 ha in Gerolsheim. It makes up 1.8% of the Großlage Schwarzerde. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 6.5 km east of Herxheim am Berg and 7 km west of Frankenthal.

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

Key facts

Type

Einzellage

Within

Pfalz

Area

56.8 ha

Separate plots

2

Extent N–S × E–W

0.89 × 1.72 km

Centre

49.5397° N, 8.2552° E

Region

Pfalz

Bereich

Ber. Mittelhaardt/Dt. Weinstraße

Großlage

Schwarzerde

Where it is

Nearest town

6.5 km east of Herxheim am Berg

Nearest city

7 km west of Frankenthal 47,438 people

To the sea

376 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

108–133 m

Mean elevation

122 m

Mean slope

2.2° (4 %)

Steepest tenth

above 5°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 59,650 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Mosel and German Riesling

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

• Mixed sedimentary rocks88%
• Unconsolidated sediments12%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Gemarkungen · 1

• Gerolsheim

Neighbours

• Kapellenberg
• Klosterweg

Sources

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