Germany · g.U. (PDO)
Nahe
Wine region
Nahe is a wine region in Germany across 91 communes. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.
Small region along the Nahe river with a great variety of soils, from volcanic rock to slate and sandstone.
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Key facts Type g.U. (PDO) Category Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 79,973 ha registered outline Separate plots 4 Extent N–S × E–W 49.32 × 38.19 km Centre 49.8032° N, 7.6990° E Grapes Accent, Acolon, Albalonga, Auxerrois, Bacchus, Blauer Frühburgunder, Blauer Limberger, Blauer Portugieser, Blauer Spätburgunder, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Cubin, Cabernet Dorio, Cabernet Dorsa, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Mitos, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Dakapo, Deckrot, Domina, Dornfelder, Dunkelfelder, Ehrenfelser, Faberrebe, Freisamer, Gelber Muskateller, Grüner Silvaner, Grüner Veltliner, Hegel, Hibernal, Huxelrebe, Hölder, Johanniter, Juwel, Kanzler, Kerner, Kernling, Merlot, Morio Muskat, Muskat Ottonel, Müller Thurgau, Müllerrebe, Neronet, Orion, Ortega, Palas, Perle, Phoenix, Prinzipal, Regent, Regner, Reichensteiner, Rieslaner, Rondo, Rotberger, Roter Elbling, Roter Muskateller, Roter Traminer, Ruländer, Saint Laurent, Saphira, Sauvignon Blanc, Scheurebe, Schönburger, Septimer, Siegerrebe, Solaris, Staufer, Syrah, Weißer Burgunder, Weißer Elbling, Weißer Riesling, Würzer Other grapes Optima Max yield 105 hl/ha Where it is Nearest town 3.9 km east of Bad Sobernheim Nearest city 13 km west of Bad Kreuznach 43,213 people To the sea 326 km Rivers nearby Glan (1.9 km) · Rhine (23 km) Same latitude Okanagan Valley (Canada)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 76–626 m Mean elevation 269 m Measured over the whole outline on 83,100 elevation cells of about 99 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.
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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 Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)61% Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)25% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 91 Show all 91 Alsenz Altenbamberg Auen Bad Kreuznach Bad Sobernheim Bayerfeld-Steckweiler Becherbach Bei Kirn Bingen Am Rhein Bockenau Boos Braunweiler Breitenheim Bretzenheim Burgsponheim Bärweiler Callbach Dalberg Desloch Dielkirchen Dorsheim Duchroth Eckenroth Feilbingert Finkenbach-Gersweiler Gaugrehweiler Gerbach Guldental Gutenberg Hargesheim Hergenfeld Hochstätten Hohenöllen Hüffelsheim Kalkofen Kirschroth Langenlonsheim Langenthal Laubenheim Lauschied Lettweiler Mandel Mannweiler-Cölln Martinstein Meddersheim Meisenheim Merxheim Monzingen Münster-Sarmsheim Münsterappel Niederhausen Niederhausen An Der Appel Niedermoschel Norheim Nußbaum Oberhausen An Der Appel Oberhausen An Der Nahe Obermoschel Oberndorf Oberstreit Odernheim Am Glan Offenbach-Hundheim Raumbach Rehborn Rockenhausen Roth Roxheim Rüdesheim Rümmelsheim Sankt Katharinen Schloßböckelheim Schweppenhausen Schöneberg Simmertal Sommerloch Spabrücken Sponheim Staudernheim Stromberg Traisen Unkenbach Waldalgesheim Waldböckelheim Waldlaubersheim Wallhausen Warmsroth Weiler Bei Bingen Weiler Bei Monzingen Weinsheim Windesheim Winterborn Wolfstein Inside Nahe · 258
Sources EU register of geographical indications
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