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Johannisberg

Popular single-layer name in Germany, which occurs in the following municipalities in addition to those listed below: Aspisheim (Rheinhessen), Burg Layen (Nahe), Dreis, Franzenheim (Mosel), Gau-Algesheim, Laubenheim, Mainz (Rheinhessen), Mertesdorf (Mosel), Rück (Franconia) and Zotzenheim (Rheinhessen).

Johannisberg - Rheingau

The name "Johannisberg" in the Rheingau wine-growing region has several meanings, which often leads to confusion. A district of the municipality Geisenheim is called "Johannisberg". Behind it lies the famous Johannisberg Castle (picture), which belongs to the wine-growing domain of the same name. This estate also owns the historic vineyard of the same name around the castle (single vineyard) "Schloss Johannisberg" around this mountain. And last but not least, "Johannisberg" is also the name of the only area in the Rheingau wine-growing region. The G.H. von Mumm winery also has a close relationship to the Johannisberg story.

Schloss Johannisberg mit Rebflächen

Radebeul (Naundorf, Niederlössnitz, Zitzschewig) - Saxony

The site was created by combining the formerly independent vineyards Jacobstein, Johannisberg, Krapenberg, Paulsberg, Talkenberg, Wackerbarth, Wettinhöhe and Zechstein. The southwest-facing vineyards with slopes ranging from 5 to 15% cover 40 hectares of vineyards on weathered granite soils with sands in the lower areas. The Müller-Thurgau, Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Traminer, Kerner, Scheurebe and Pinot Noir varieties are cultivated here. The Hoflößnitz, Schloss Wackerbarth, WG Niederlössnitz and WG Zitzschewig wineries, for example, have shares in the site.

Thüngersheim - Franconia (Maindreieck)

The vineyards, which face west-northwest to southeast at an altitude of 200 to 330 metres above sea level with a slope of 5 to 60%, cover 130 hectares of vineyards. The soils consist of shell limestone with broken through red sandstone in the lower layer. Above the vineyards lies a forest belt that protects against cold easterly winds. The Rothlauf vineyard (pictured) is a VDP-classified Grosse Lage. Here, mainly the varieties Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau, Riesling and Spätburgunder are cultivated. Shares in the site are held, for example, by the Bickel-Stumpf, Hart Privat-Weingut, Juliusspital, May Rudolf, Schwab Thomas and the Koch family of winegrowers.

Johannisberg - Gewann Rothlauf - Thüngersheim

Wallhausen - Nahe

This single vineyard is one of the oldest documented vineyards in Europe and the world, as can be seen from a list of estates belonging to the barons of Dalberg dating back to the 12th century. The first finds, however, go back as far as Roman times. The relatively small south-facing vineyard at 210 to 280 metres above sea level with a slope of 10 to 60% covers almost seven hectares of vines in the Gräfenbach Valley, a side valley of the lower Nahe. The soil consists of a violet-red, calcareous conglomerate of volcanic origin with stony-gravelly loam on coloured sandstone (Rotliegendem). The two varieties Riesling and Spätburgunder are cultivated here. The vines, some of which are very old, take root up to 20 metres deep in the Rotliegend. The Prinz Salm vineyard, for example, has a share in the site.

Schloss Johannisberg: By DXR - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 en, Link
Thüngersheim: Rudolf May

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