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Herrenberg

Along with Altenberg, Kapellenberg, Kirchberg, Klosterberg, Rosenberg and Sonnenberg, one of the most common single-vineyard names in Germany. There are also the sites Herrnberg, Herrenberger and Maximiner Herrenberg. Some other vineyard names include Herrenberg, for example Deutschherrenberg, Domherrenberg, Graf Beyßel Herrenberg and Kirchherrenberg. The name is usually derived from a former manorial estate. It occurs 44 times in 9 of the 13 wine-growing regions.

Erden - Moselle(Bernkastel)

The southeast to southwest-facing vineyards at 220 to 300 metres above sea level with a slope gradient of 15 to 60% cover 15.5 hectares of vineyards on stony, heavily weathered clay-slate soil. Below this, the single vineyard Treppchen adjoins. Here, mainly the Riesling variety is cultivated. The Berres, Dr. Hermann, Lotz Klaus, Roth Andreas, S. A. Prüm and St. Anna wineries, for example, have shares in the site.

Heidelberg/Leimen - Baden (Badische Bergstrasse)

The west to southwest facing vineyards with slopes ranging from 10 to 30% cover 46 hectares of vineyards. The soils are predominantly shell limestone, interspersed with mottled sandstone and loess loam. Here, mainly the varieties Riesling, Silvaner and Müller-Thurgau are cultivated. The Müller Adam and Seeger Thomas wineries, for example, have shares.

Oppenheim/Dienheim - Rheinhessen

This site belongs to the so-called Rhine front. The east to south facing vineyards at 120 to 200 metres above sea level with a slope of 10 to 35% cover 39 hectares of vineyards. The soils consist of loess, clay loam and limestone marl. The site is protected from the wind and has a very good water storage capacity. The majority of the vines grown here are Riesling, but Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Silvaner and Pinot Noir are also cultivated. The vineyards of Dr. Heyden, the Protestant Church of Hesse and Nassau, Gröhl, Kissinger, Kühling-Gillot, Louis Guntrum, Manz Erich, Rappenhof and the State Winegrowing Domain of Oppenheim, for example, all have shares in the site.

Rech/Altenahr - Ahr

Rech belongs to the municipality of Mayschoß. It is situated opposite the Saffenburg ruins, from which one can enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of the Ahr valley. The noble family of the Saffenburgs was already mentioned in 1074. The south to east facing vineyards with a slope of up to 60% at an altitude of 130 to 260 metres above sea level cover 17 hectares of vineyards. The soils are loess, stony loess loam and greywacke. The varieties cultivated here are Pinot Noir, partly ungrafted, as well as Blauer Portugieser and Riesling. The Deutzerhof, Jean Stodden, Maibachfarm and Max Schell wineries, for example, have shares in the site.

Ruine Saffenburg und Gemeinde Mayschoß

Schoden - Moselle (Saar)

The vineyards, which are mainly oriented to the northwest, as well as on an undulating slope to the west to southwest, with a slope inclination of 10 to 50%, comprise almost seven hectares of vineyards on grey slate soil. Here, mainly the Riesling variety is cultivated. The Weinhof Herrenberg winery, for example, has a share in the site.

Serrig - Moselle (Saar)

The south-southwest to southeast facing vineyard with 45 to 70% slope covers almost seven hectares of vineyards on grey slate soil. Plots on the central slope are considered privileged. Here, mainly the Riesling variety is cultivated. The Siemens winery, for example, has a share in the site.

Ungstein/Bad Dürkheim - Palatinate

This was formerly part of the estate of the Counts (Lords) of Leiningen. The southeast-facing vineyards with slopes of up to 30% cover 45 hectares of vineyards, which consist of tertiary limestone in the upper part, limestone marl at the foot of the slope and red earth (Rotliegend) and loess blown up on limestone in the northern part. The main grape varieties cultivated here are Riesling, but also Rieslaner, Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner, Scheurebe and Spätburgunder. The highest elevation in the site is the "Kanzel". In keeping with its name, it towers over the landscape on old vineyard walls up to four metres high. A parcel called "Mardelskopf" is protected by sandstone walls and hedges and thus has a special microclimate. Shares in the site are held, for example, by the vineyards Bärenhof, Castel Peter, Darting Helmut, Fitz-Ritter, Gebrüder Bart, Isegrim, Pfeffingen, Schaefer Karl, Schmitt Egon, Wegner Joachim, Weingut am Nil and Wolf Michael.

Herrenberg - Weinberge des Weinguts Pfeffingen

Other municipalities

There are other single vineyard sites called Herrenberg in Alf, Avelsbach, Ayl, Briedern, Cochem (Mosel), Düttingsfeld (Franconia), Enkirch, Erden, Filzen (Mosel), Freyburg (Saale-Unstrut), Gerlachsheim (Baden), Kasel (Mosel), Kenzingen (Baden), Kesten (Mosel), Kleinkarlbach (Palatinate), Kleinochsenfurt (Franconia), Kövenig, Kröv (Mosel), Landau (Palatinate), Leimen (Baden), Mertesdorf (Moselle), Minfeld (Palatinate), Mutzenroth (Franconia), Niedermennig (Moselle), Nordweil (Baden), Nußdorf (Palatinate), Oberschüpf (Baden), Oberschwarzach (Franconia), Rehborn (Nahe), Schierstein (Rheingau), Schweich (Moselle), Staudernheim (Nahe), Trier, Valwig, Wawern and Zell (Moselle). In the growing regions of Franconia and the Middle Rhine, there are large vineyards called Herrenberg.

Rech/Altenahr Photo: Axel Hindemith /, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

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