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Spiegelberg

Sub-zone

Spiegelberg is a named sub-zone of Rheinhessen in Germany. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 2.2 km north-west of Nierstein and 12 km south of Mainz.

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Key facts

Type
Großlage
Within
Rheinhessen
Extent N–S × E–W
7.11 × 4.76 km
Centre
49.8784° N, 8.3079° E
Region
Rheinhessen
Bereich
Bereich Nierstein

Where it is

Nearest town
2.2 km north-west of Nierstein
Nearest city
12 km south of Mainz 222,889 people
To the sea
356 km
Rivers nearby
Rhine (2.7 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation
86–196 m
Mean elevation
153 m
Mean slope
5.4° (9 %)
Steepest tenth
above 12°
Faces
north

Measured over the whole outline on 67,417 elevation cells of about 12 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.

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Sources

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

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