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Saukopf

Vineyard site

Saukopf is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Nahe in Germany, covering 35.2 ha in Waldlaubersheim, Windesheim. It makes up 1.1% of the Großlage Schloßkapelle. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks. It lies 9.1 km north of Bad Kreuznach and 36 km west of Wiesbaden.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Nahe
Area
35.2 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
0.65 × 0.93 km
Centre
49.9150° N, 7.8114° E
Region
Nahe
Bereich
Bereich Nahetal
Großlage
Schloßkapelle

Where it is

Nearest town
9.1 km north of Bad Kreuznach
Nearest city
36 km west of Wiesbaden 288,850 people
To the sea
325 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
184–250 m
Mean elevation
216 m
Mean slope
5.9° (10 %)
Steepest tenth
above 10°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 37,419 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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