Treppchen

Vineyard site

Treppchen is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Mosel in Germany, covering 43.6 ha in Erden. It makes up 2.7% of the Großlage Schwarzlay. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 7.8 km north of Bernkastel-Kues and 38 km north-east of Trier.

Erdener Treppchen: named after the steps carved into the slope to reach the terraces. Red and blue slate.

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Key facts

Type: Einzellage
Within: Mosel
Area: 43.6 ha
Extent N–S × E–W: 0.69 × 1.54 km
Centre: 49.9808° N, 7.0363° E
Region: Mosel
Bereich: Bereich Bernkastel
Großlage: Schwarzlay

Where it is

Nearest town: 7.8 km north of Bernkastel-Kues
Nearest city: 38 km north-east of Trier 100,129 people
To the sea: 240 km
Rivers nearby: Mosel (0.4 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 101–255 m
Mean elevation: 162 m
Mean slope: 23.3° (43 %)
Steepest tenth: above 34°
Faces: south

Measured over the whole outline on 46,661 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

Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)76%
Acid volcanic rocks22%

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

Gemarkungen · 1

Erden

Neighbours

Sources

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

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