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Sonnenlay

Vineyard site

Sonnenlay is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Mosel in Germany, covering 27.1 ha in Wolf. It makes up 1.7% of the Großlage Schwarzlay. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 2.7 km north-west of Traben-Trarbach and 40 km north-east of Trier.

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

Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Mosel
Area
27.1 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
0.7 × 1.31 km
Centre
49.9671° N, 7.0881° E
Region
Mosel
Bereich
Bereich Bernkastel
Großlage
Schwarzlay

Where it is

Nearest town
2.7 km north-west of Traben-Trarbach
Nearest city
40 km north-east of Trier 100,129 people
To the sea
244 km
Rivers nearby
Mosel (1.1 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation
124–261 m
Mean elevation
191 m
Mean slope
23.9° (44 %)
Steepest tenth
above 30°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 28,999 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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