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Sand

Vineyard site

Sand is a registered vineyard site (Einzellage) of Rheinhessen in Germany, covering 68.6 ha in Ebersheim. It makes up 5.4% of the Großlage Sankt Alban. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 3.2 km south-east of Nieder-Olm and 9 km south-west of Mainz.

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Key facts

Type
Einzellage
Within
Rheinhessen
Area
68.6 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
1.17 × 1.09 km
Centre
49.9052° N, 8.2484° E
Region
Rheinhessen
Bereich
Bereich Nierstein
Großlage
Sankt Alban

Where it is

Nearest town
3.2 km south-east of Nieder-Olm
Nearest city
9 km south-west of Mainz 222,889 people
To the sea
351 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
158–236 m
Mean elevation
206 m
Mean slope
6.7° (12 %)
Steepest tenth
above 13°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 72,785 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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