Starkenburg area

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The vineyards and areas of the Hessian Bergstrasse

The area Starkenburg is a wine-growing area in the wine region Hessian mountain road in Hesse .

location

Starkenburg is at the Hessian mountain road located wine-growing area of the wine region Hessian mountain road. Further individual layers of the wine-growing region outside the eponymous Bergstrasse are in the Umstadt area and in Dietzenbach and Brensbach. The wine-growing sector derives its name from the Starkenburg located above Heppenheim . It extends from the north of Seeheim-Jugenheim and Alsbach with a few vineyards to the Hessian-Baden-Württemberg state border south of Heppenheim. The largest cultivation areas are between Zwingenberg and Heppenheim.

Locations and grape varieties

The Starkenburg wine-growing area has three major locations: Auerbacher Rott, Bensheimer Wolfsmagen and Heppenheimer Schloßberg and since 2005 a total of 17 individual locations.

The layers are divided as follows:

  • Seeheimer mouth blades (free of large layers)
  • Large site Auerbacher Rott with the individual sites Alsbacher Schöntal, Zwingenberger Alte Burg, Zwingenberger Steingeröll , Auerbacher Höllberg, Schönberger Herrnwingert , Auerbacher Fürstenlager,
  • Large area Bensheimer Wolfsmagen with the individual layers Bensheimer Kirchberg, Bensheimer Kalkgasse , Bensheimer Streichling, Bensheimer Hemsberg, Bensheimer Paulus
  • Großlage Heppenheim lock mountain with the individual layers Heppenheim Centgericht (17 ha), Heppenheim Stemmler (105 ha), Heppenheim Steinkopf (35.9 ha), Heppenheim Maiberg and Heppenheim Eckweg (115.6 ha). Until 2005 there was the 19.6 hectare single vineyard Heppenheimer Guldenzoll , in the south of Heppenheim, near the state border. It was incorporated into the Heppenheimer Eckweg location .

The Hessische Bergstrasse is known for its outstanding Rieslings . With around 53%, Riesling is by far the most common grape variety on the Bergstrasse. It is followed by Müller-Thurgau with 10.1% and 8.3% Pinot Gris . The white wines together have a share of almost 88%. Red wines are clearly in the minority with the remaining 12%, but their share is increasing steadily. Mainly the varieties Pinot Noir , Dornfelder and St. Laurent are grown here.