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Bockstein

single vineyard in the municipality of Ockfen (Saar area) in the German Moselle wine-growing region. It lies on the Ockfener Bach, a tributary of the Saar, directly above the municipality. Findings point to winegrowing in Roman times. There are two interpretations of the origin of the name "Ockfener Bockstein". The first goes back to the billy goat, whose fertility and procreative power was a symbol of the Dionysus cult. As billy goats often caused considerable damage in vineyards, they were sacrificed to the god at festivals, the so-called Dionysia, and often found their way into vineyard names. The second interpretation is more recent. In earlier times, a "Baron von Bock" worked as a hunter in the state forest of Trier. His residence was a group of rocks on the ridge of the Lage. In the vernacular, this was called "the Bock's stone", from which the name of the site developed. The site was formerly owned by the Prussian kings.

Bockstein - Weinberg mit dem Ockfener Bach im Hintergrund

The vineyards, which face south in the western part, southwest in the central and some eastern parcels, and south on the eastern edge, at an altitude of 180 to 320 metres above sea level with a slope of 35 to 60%, cover 53 hectares of vineyards. The stony-gritty and skeleton-rich Devonian slate and greywacke weathered soils are interspersed with quartzistic sandstone and yellowish fine soil. A forest on the ridge provides excellent protection from cold downdrafts. The Riesling variety is the main variety cultivated here, mostly still grown on Moselle poles (single-pole training). Shares in the vineyard are held, for example, by the wineries Dr. Fischer, Dr. Heinz Wagner, Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken, Mertes Johann Peter, Molitor, Nik Weis - St. Urbans-Hof, Othegraven, Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt, Reverchon, Van Volxem and Weinhof Herrenberg.

Picture: © Hans Maret - Reverchon Winery

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