Hermannshöhle is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Nahe in Germany, covering 9.9 ha in Niederhausen. It makes up 0.9% of the Großlage Burgweg. Regional bedrock: basic volcanic rocks. It lies 9.1 km south-west of Bad Kreuznach and 47 km south-west of Wiesbaden.
Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle: steep site above the Nahe with a mix of slate, porphyry and volcanic rock. A reference Riesling site of the Nahe.
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
Elevation
123–217 m
Mean elevation
160 m
Mean slope
20.1° (37 %)
Steepest tenth
above 28°
Faces
south
Measured over the whole outline on 10,796 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
Basic volcanic rocks (basalt)46%
Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)32%
Acid volcanic rocks19%
Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.