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Hornberg

Vineyard site

Hornberg is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Rheinhessen in Germany, covering 185.2 ha in Framersheim. It makes up 5.6% of the Großlage Petersberg. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 6.1 km east of Alzey and 17 km north-west of Worms.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Rheinhessen
Area
185.2 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
1.69 × 2.17 km
Centre
49.7504° N, 8.1995° E
Region
Rheinhessen
Bereich
Bereich Nierstein
Großlage
Petersberg

Where it is

Nearest town
6.1 km east of Alzey
Nearest city
17 km north-west of Worms 81,099 people
To the sea
358 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
177–275 m
Mean elevation
223 m
Mean slope
6.2° (11 %)
Steepest tenth
above 10°
Faces
north

Measured over the whole outline on 195,993 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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