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Pfaffenstein

Vineyard site

Pfaffenstein is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Nahe in Germany, covering 110.7 ha in Niederhausen. It makes up 10.6% of the Großlage Burgweg. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks. It lies 8 km west of Bad Kreuznach and 46 km south-west of Wiesbaden.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Nahe
Area
110.7 ha
Separate plots
6
Extent N–S × E–W
1.99 × 1.66 km
Centre
49.8018° N, 7.7734° E
Region
Nahe
Bereich
Bereich Nahetal
Großlage
Burgweg

Where it is

Nearest town
8 km west of Bad Kreuznach
Nearest city
46 km south-west of Wiesbaden 288,850 people
To the sea
331 km
Rivers nearby
Glan (0.6 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation
122–300 m
Mean elevation
227 m
Mean slope
7.9° (14 %)
Steepest tenth
above 15°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 117,961 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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