Pettenthal

Vineyard site

Pettenthal is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Rheinhessen in Germany, covering 42.2 ha in Nierstein. It makes up 54.7% of the Großlage Rehbach. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 2.7 km north of Nierstein and 11 km south of Mainz.

Niersteiner Pettenthal: steep part of the Roter Hang right above the Rhine, on red slate-like soil from the Permian (Rotliegend).

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Key facts

Type: Einzellage
Within: Rheinhessen
Area: 42.2 ha
Separate plots: 2
Extent N–S × E–W: 1.82 × 1.05 km
Centre: 49.8946° N, 8.3383° E
Region: Rheinhessen
Bereich: Bereich Nierstein
Großlage: Rehbach

Where it is

Nearest town: 2.7 km north of Nierstein
Nearest city: 11 km south of Mainz 222,889 people
To the sea: 356 km
Rivers nearby: Rhine (0.2 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 83–170 m
Mean elevation: 110 m
Mean slope: 13.9° (25 %)
Steepest tenth: above 28°
Faces: east

Measured over the whole outline on 45,060 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

Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)69%
Unconsolidated sediments31%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Gemarkungen · 1

Nierstein

Neighbours

Sources

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

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