Angel rock
Bühlertaler Engelsfelsen is the name of a single location in Bühlertal in the Bühlot valley (named after Bühl Sandbach ) in Baden-Württemberg . The vineyard owes its name to a rock in the shape of an angel.
The vineyard lies within the Baden wine-growing region and belongs to the Ortenau area on the slopes of the northern Black Forest . The soils are low in base, weakly acidic skeletal soils with a low proportion of loess .
Most (almost 80%) Pinot Noir is grown in this location . 54.5 hectares are shown as vineyards , but only 48 hectares are cultivated. The inclination is up to 75 °. The location is considered to be the steepest vineyard in Europe. Here the winemakers are still dependent on manual labor and muscle power (→ steep-slope viticulture ).
Since the management is commercially unprofitable and many of the owners are too old to do the arduous work, the Förderverein Engelsberg Bühlertal eV uses part of the area as a living vineyard museum. The Engelssteig, which opened in April 2014, brings hikers and climbers closer to historical viticulture.
Web links
- Locations in Bühlertal
- Location at weinlagen-info.de
- Förderverein Engelsberg Bühlertal eV
- Exact outline of the location
Individual evidence
- ↑ Soil of the Year Umweltbundesamt.de
- ↑ Land Development and Rural Land Management, Newsletter Issue 53/2012, page 11 [1] (PDF; 10.4 MB)
- ↑ Engelssteig tourismus-bw.de
Coordinates: 48 ° 41 '57.6 " N , 8 ° 10' 59.7" E