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Fels

Vineyard site

Fels is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Nahe in Germany, covering 13.2 ha in Windesheim. It makes up 0.4% of the Großlage Schloßkapelle. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 7.9 km north of Bad Kreuznach and 36 km west of Wiesbaden.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Nahe
Area
13.2 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
0.56 × 0.44 km
Centre
49.9072° N, 7.8274° E
Region
Nahe
Bereich
Bereich Nahetal
Großlage
Schloßkapelle

Where it is

Nearest town
7.9 km north of Bad Kreuznach
Nearest city
36 km west of Wiesbaden 288,850 people
To the sea
326 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
157–239 m
Mean elevation
198 m
Mean slope
16.4° (29 %)
Steepest tenth
above 30°
Faces
south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 14,131 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

Sources

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

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