Naked ass

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Wine label (April 1954)
Kröver wine festival with naked ass depiction, July 4th 1959
Vineyard near Kröv

Nacktarsch is a large area of just 320 hectares in the Bernkastel area of the German Moselle wine region . Its six individual layers consist of 95% slopes in a very good south-facing position. All are in the area of ​​the municipality of Kröv and its district of Kövenig near Traben-Trarbach on the Moselle . The plural form naked asses denotes single bottles of wines from this location.

Origin of name

The name is probably a corruption of the Latin "Nectarius" or the Celtic "Nackas". Both mean something like "rocky height" and are derived from the fact that the naked ass slope looks simply "naked" in autumn without leaves.

A folk etymological tradition tells of a Kröver cellar master who is said to have spanked two boys on the bare buttocks after he caught them drinking wine from one of his barrels. Various images of this version of the history of origin can be found today on the labels of numerous Kröver nude butt bottles, but should be seen as a play on words . Other explanations lead the name of the vineyard back to Götz von Berlichingen, who is known for coarse words, or to an alleged resemblance of the mountain near Kröv to the unclothed part of the body that gave it its name. At the point that was first called “naked ass”, the wine freezes to death in some years and the leaves are stripped naked. Thus, the term "Kröver Nacktarsch" refers to the limit for wine cultivation , thus to the long maturation period in the Moselle climate and finally to the special taste of good Moselle wines.

Nationwide media coverage sparked the idea of ​​giving the Kröver multi-purpose hall the name "Naked Ass Hall". The agreement finally took place on the name "Weinbrunnenhalle Kröver Nacktarsch".

reception

Even if there are different interpretations of the origin of the name: The name is effective in advertising, promotes sales and is known beyond Germany's borders.

In the 1980s, the naked ass gained the dubious reputation of being a cheap and, in line with popular taste, sweeter bulk wine. Since the beginning of the 2000s, there have been strong efforts to overcome this negative image.

Single layers

The large Nacktarsch site (320 ha) is part of the Bernkastel area and consists of the following individual sites in Kröv and Kövenig:

Kröv

  • Steffensberg

The Steffensberg covers an area of ​​35 hectares. Only Riesling is grown here on Devonian slate .

  • Letterlay

The 40 hectare letterlay adjoins the Steffensberg. Both locations face south. Here too, Riesling wines are grown on the steep slopes of Devonian slate .

  • Kirchlay

This location with a size of 70 hectares is oriented to the south-southeast. Here one encounters clay slate weathered soils, in the lower area the soil is pending and consists of loam and clay, which is interspersed with slate. Here u. a. Pinot Noir grown.

  • paradise

With 160 hectares of vineyards, Paradise is the largest location in Kröv. Mainly Müller-Thurgau vines grow on heavy clay soil from the Moselle, on the slopes the soil changes to clay and Devonian slate. Mainly Kerner and Dornfelder vines are grown here.

Koevenig

The steep slopes “Burglay” and “Herrenberg” comprise 18 hectares and 20 hectares of vineyards, respectively. The soil consists of clay slate.

history

In 1868, under the direction of the Royal Cadastre Inspector, Steuerrath Clotten, a wine-growing map for the Trier administrative district was drawn up for the Royal Government of Trier . For the Kröv (Cröv) area, there are only the individual layers:

  • Steffensberg
  • Heislai

recorded. The following locations near Cröv are also shown on this map: Pellen, Herresberg, Klasberg, Neuberg, Held, Lay, Kaltenberg and Goldgrub.

Christian von Stramberg (1837) names the Alte Kirch, Letterley, Häßchen, Rütschenberg, Bockskopf and Rebenter sites in the Niederberg district.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ State of Rhineland-Palatinate / EU (Ed.): Viticulture index .
  2. ↑ Hans Ambrosi : More about German wine . P. 84, Dr. Fraund, Mainz 1989.
  3. ^ Report from the Rhein-Zeitung of July 3, 2003 , accessed on June 10, 2009
  4. ↑ Own hearsay 1991 in Ukraine (entry by user: Boonekamp )
  5. ↑ Horst Stübling, Wolfgang Bittner : Gepanschter Wein: Beautifully round and oily. In: Der Spiegel . Rudolf Augstein , September 27, 1985, accessed on September 29, 2015 (German).
  6. ↑ Stuart Pigott : Missing the Ass. In: FAZ . August 30, 2009, accessed on September 29, 2015 (German). PDF, 61 kB
  7. ↑ A bubble butt instead of naked ass. In: Kölnische Rundschau , dpa . November 12, 2009, accessed on September 29, 2015 (German).
  8. ↑ Christian von Stramberg: The Moselle valley between Zell and Konz (1837), p. 170 , accessed as a Google e-book on October 22, 2014

literature

  • Dieter Braatz, Ulrich Sauter, Ingo Swoboda, Hendrik Holler: Wine Atlas Germany . 1st edition. Hallwag, Munich, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0638-4 .
  • Stefan Barme: Naked ass, Viez and leather thong: Excursions into the cultural history of the Moselle region Stephan Moll Verlag, Ramstein Castle, 2012, ISBN 978-3-940760-37-1