Walporzheimer herb mountain
The Walporzheimer Kräuterberg is a single location in the German wine-growing region Ahr and is considered a good location in the municipality of Walporzheim . It is part of the large Klosterberg site in the Walporzheim / Ahrtal area . The herb mountain surrounds the top location Walporzheim fermentation chamber . The vineyards are at a height of 110 to 180 m above sea level. NN .
The name of this single layer is derived from the herbs that used to grow there.
With 5.15 hectares of vineyards, it is a small single location, as according to the definition of a single location according to the German Wine Law from 1971, the minimum size is five hectares.
The south to southeast aligned steep slopes on shale weathering ground with grauwacke and loam is almost exclusively with the grape Pinot Noir planted (percentage 90%). The vines are supplemented by five percent Dornfelder and five percent Müller-Thurgau . The blue Portuguese vine, which was still popular in the early 1970s, has completely disappeared.
About three hectares of the designated area are currently planted.
literature
- Dieter Braatz, Ulrich Sauter, Ingo Swoboda, Hendrik Holler: Wine Atlas Germany . 1st edition. Hallwag, Munich, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0638-4 .
- Hans Ambrosi , Bernhard Breuer: The Ahr. Vinotheque of the German vineyards . 1st edition. Seewald Verlag, Stuttgart, 1978, ISBN 3-512-00508-X .