Altenberg

Altenberg is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Mosel in Germany, covering 32.8 ha in Wellen. It makes up 2.4% of the Großlage Gipfel. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 1.5 km south-west of Grevenmacher and 18 km south-west of Trier.

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

Key facts

Type

Einzellage

Within

Mosel

Area

32.8 ha

Separate plots

3

Extent N–S × E–W

1.95 × 1.8 km

Centre

49.6643° N, 6.4358° E

Region

Mosel

Bereich

Bereich Obermosel

Großlage

Gipfel

Where it is

Nearest town

1.5 km south-west of Grevenmacher

Nearest city

18 km south-west of Trier 100,129 people

To the sea

234 km

Rivers nearby

Mosel (1.3 km) · Sauer (5.9 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

138–238 m

Mean elevation

191 m

Mean slope

9.9° (17 %)

Steepest tenth

above 20°

Faces

west

Measured over the whole outline on 34,894 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Mosel and German Riesling

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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)58%
• Unconsolidated sediments40%

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

Gemarkungen · 1

• Wellen

Neighbours

• Leiterchen

Sources

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