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Königstuhl

Vineyard site

Königstuhl is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Rheinhessen in Germany, covering 46 ha in Lörzweiler. It makes up 1.3% of the Großlage Gutes Domtal. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 3.8 km north-west of Nierstein and 10 km south of Mainz.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Rheinhessen
Area
46 ha
Separate plots
6
Extent N–S × E–W
1.34 × 1.88 km
Centre
49.8943° N, 8.2995° E
Region
Rheinhessen
Bereich
Bereich Nierstein
Großlage
Gutes Domtal

Where it is

Nearest town
3.8 km north-west of Nierstein
Nearest city
10 km south of Mainz 222,889 people
To the sea
354 km
Rivers nearby
Rhine (2.9 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation
129–160 m
Mean elevation
150 m
Mean slope
3.4° (6 %)
Steepest tenth
above 6°
Faces
south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 49,293 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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