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Bockstein

Vineyard site

Bockstein is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Mosel in Germany, covering 75.6 ha in Ockfen. It makes up 4.2% of the Großlage Scharzberg. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 3.9 km east of Saarburg and 15 km south-west of Trier.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Mosel
Area
75.6 ha
Separate plots
9
Extent N–S × E–W
1.19 × 2.25 km
Centre
49.6246° N, 6.5903° E
Region
Mosel
Bereich
Bereich Saar
Großlage
Scharzberg

Where it is

Nearest town
3.9 km east of Saarburg
Nearest city
15 km south-west of Trier 100,129 people
To the sea
245 km
Rivers nearby
Saar (1.8 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation
143–371 m
Mean elevation
231 m
Mean slope
19.8° (36 %)
Steepest tenth
above 29°
Faces
south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 79,903 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

Wineries · 2

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Sources

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

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