Brauneberg Chamber
The Brauneberger Kammer is a single location in the German wine-growing region of the Moselle and is considered one of the top locations in Brauneberg in the Bernkastel area .
Location, climate, soil
With only 0.38 hectares of vineyards, the Brauneberger Kammer is one of the smallest individual layers in Germany. This size falls short of the minimum size for individual layers according to the German Wine Act from 1971. Therefore, the Brauneberger Kammer should be integrated into the Brauneberger Juffer location, which it completely encloses. The extraordinary terroir and the associated characteristics of the wines from this location preserved the single location.
The steep slope facing south (→ steep slope viticulture ) with a slope of up to 75% is exclusively planted with Riesling . The Brauneberger Kammer is 150 to 190 m above sea level. NHN on a ridge below a rock head in the middle of the Brauneberger Juffer . This exposure allows for prolonged exposure to the sun. The soil consists of clay slate weathered. High iron contents in the dark slate cause the brown-red color.
Classification and ownership
Thomas Jefferson , author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States of America, describes the exceptional quality of the Brauneberger wines of Baron Breidbach-Bürresheim , the owner of the Brauneberger Kammer at the time, on his trip to Europe in 1788: “The 1st quality without any comparison “(First quality, incomparably good).
In the course of the classification of the wine-growing region in what was then the Saardepartement under Napoléon Bonaparte in 1804, the Brauneberger vineyards were the only ones to receive class 1 status of the 10-level classification system.
The Brauneberger Kammer has been the sole property of the Paulinshof winery since 1990.
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literature
- Wolfgang Jungandreas : Historical lexicon of settlement and field names in the Moselle region . Series of publications on Trier national history and folklore, Trier, 1962/63.
- Dieter Braatz, Ulrich Sauter, Ingo Swoboda, Hendrik Holler: Wine Atlas Germany . 1st edition. Hallwag, Munich, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0638-4 .
- Thomas Jefferson: The writings of Thomas Jefferson: Miscellaneous . Taylor & Maury, Washington DC, 1854
- R. Laufner: 2000 years of wine culture on the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer: monuments and testimonies to the history of viticulture, wine trade, and wine enjoyment . Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier, Trier 1987.