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Altärchen

Vineyard site

Altärchen is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Mosel in Germany, covering 237.6 ha in Trittenheim. It makes up 13.2% of the Großlage Michelsberg. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 12 km east of Schweich and 21 km east of Trier.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Mosel
Area
237.6 ha
Separate plots
30
Extent N–S × E–W
3.67 × 2.91 km
Centre
49.8181° N, 6.9153° E
Region
Mosel
Bereich
Bereich Bernkastel
Großlage
Michelsberg

Where it is

Nearest town
12 km east of Schweich
Nearest city
21 km east of Trier 100,129 people
To the sea
246 km
Rivers nearby
Mosel (1.2 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation
114–364 m
Mean elevation
202 m
Mean slope
12.1° (21 %)
Steepest tenth
above 26°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 63,951 elevation cells of about 6 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

Wineries · 5

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Sources

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

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