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Württemberg

Wine region

Württemberg is a wine region in Germany across 375 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

Mainly red-wine region along the Neckar, with Trollinger and Lemberger.
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Key facts

Type
g.U. (PDO)
Category
Liqueur Wine/Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
1,075,670 ha registered outline
Separate plots
2
Extent N–S × E–W
249.54 × 125.87 km
Centre
48.9944° N, 9.1907° E
Grapes
Accent, Acolon, Albalonga, Allegro, Arnsburger, Auxerrois, Bacchus, Blauburger, Blauer Frühburgunder, Blauer Limberger, Blauer Portugieser, Blauer Silvaner, Blauer Spätburgunder, Blauer Trollinger, Blauer Zweigelt, Bolero, Bronner, Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Carol, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Cubin, Cabernet Dorio, Cabernet Dorsa, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Mitos, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Dakapo, Deckrot, Domina, Dornfelder, Dunkelfelder, Ehrenbreitsteiner, Ehrenfelser, Faberrebe, Findling, Fontanara, Freisamer, Früher Roter Malvasier, Gelber Muskateller, Goldriesling, Grüner Silvaner, Hegel, Helfensteiner, Helios, Heroldrebe, Hibernal, Huxelrebe, Hölder, Johanniter, Juwel, Kanzler, Kerner, Kernling, Mariensteiner, Merlot, Merzling, Monarch, Morio Muskat, Muscaris, Muskat Ottonel, Muskat Trollinger, Müller Thurgau, Müllerrebe, Neronet, Nobling, Orion, Ortega, Osteiner, Palas, Perle, Phoenix, Piroso, Prinzipal, Prior, Regent, Regner, Reichensteiner, Rieslaner, Rondo, Rotberger, Roter Elbling, Roter Gutedel, Roter Muskateller, Roter Riesling, Roter Traminer, Rubinet, Ruländer, Saint Laurent, Saphira, Sauvignon Blanc, Scheurebe, Schönburger, Siegerrebe, Silcher, Sirius, Solaris, Souvignier Gris, Staufer, Syrah, Tauberschwarz, Weißer Burgunder, Weißer Elbling, Weißer Gutedel, Weißer Riesling, Würzer
Other grapes
Baron, Optima, Viognier
Max yield
150 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
3.5 km east of Besigheim
Nearest city
8 km north-east of Bietigheim-Bissingen 43,556 people
To the sea
459 km
Rivers nearby
Neckar (0.2 km)
Same latitude
Fraser Valley (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
90–869 m
Mean elevation
367 m

Measured over the whole outline on 68,058 elevation cells of about 404 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

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

Communes · 375

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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