🇩🇪GERMANY–Ahr
AHR IS– Bereiche– 1 Grosslage– 1 Einzellage– 43 @Bad Neuenahr
- WEIS= Riesling 8%, Muller-Thurgau 3%, Weissburgunder 1%, Grauburgunder, Kerner, Optima, Ortega
- ROT= Spatburgunder 63%, Portugieser 8%, Fruhburgunder 6%, Regent 3%, Dornfelder 3%, Domina 2%, Dunkerfelder, Rotberger, Sonstige
GEOGRAPHY– Germany(South-West), ANBAUGEBIETE-Ahr, LATITUDE: 50°‘N’– 51°‘N’
- MAIN CITIES-Altenahr, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Mayschob, (25km. Long)
- BORDERS-Mittlerhein(North-East), Ahr River Join Rhine River South of Bonn
- Sub-Zones- Upper Ahr River, Lower Ahr River
- Bereiche- Walporzheim-Ahrtal
- Landweingebiete- Ahrtaler landwein, Landwein Rhein
TOPOGRAPHY– FEATURES- “Rolling/ Hilly/ Mountainous/ Terraced/ Valley(Ahr)”
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- SLOPES/ Ahr Mountains/ Hohe Eifel Hills, +Alt.100mt.- 260mt.
- On~Ahr~River~Tributary~Rhine~River~(Converge at Remagen)
- In Rhenish Massif AKA=Rhenish Slate Mountains(Group of Low Mountain Ranges)
- TOPOGRAPHIC EVENTS- In Eifel Volcanic Field, Collection of Volcanic “Hot-Spots”
SOILS– “Metemorphic”, “Volcanic”, “Sedimentary”
- Slate(Devonian), Basalt, Greywacke, Clay, Cliff Loam, Loess, Loam
CLIMATE– “Continental”, *Summers– Sunny, Long | *Winters– Wet Cold
- RAIN SHADOW EFFECT/ Eiffel Range/ Hohe Venn
VITICULTURE– 560 ha. Planted, (12% White/ 88% Red)
- CHALLENGE– Spring Frost
- Varieties That Can Be Used to Produce Grosses Gewachs-
- Fruhburgunder, Riesling, Spatburgunder
VINICULTURE– World Most “Northern” Producer of Quality Red Grapes.
CULTURE
- GASTRONOMY… | CHEESE…
**Refer to “GERMANY/ Overview” For Detailed Information On Germany as a Country.
WALPORZHEIM-AHRTAL–Bereiche @Bachem
- WEIS= Grauburgunder, Kerner, Müller-Thurgau, Optima, Ortega, Riesling, Weissburgunder
- ROT= Fruhburgunder, Domina, Dornfelder, Dunkerfelder, Portugieser, Regent, Rotberger, Spatburgunder, Sonstige
- GEOGRAPHY– Germany, ANBAUGEBIETE-Ahr, @Hw.#61
- Glosslage-(1)– Klosterberg
- TOPOGRAPHY– “Rolling/ Hilly/ Mountainous/ Terraced”
- VITICULTURE- ? ha. Planted
- GOING THERE- Ruins of Are Castle, Kreuzberg Castle, Bachem’s “Old Town”.
- KLOSTERBERG–Grosslage @
- GEOGRAPHY– ANBAUGEBIETE-Ahr, BEREICHE-Walporzheim-Ahrtal(Greater)
- Villages- Ahrweier, Altenahr, Bachem, Dernau, Marienthal, Mayschoss, Neuenahr, Rech, Walporzheim
- Einzellage–(43)– Alte Lay Blume, Burg Burgberg, Burggarten~G.G.~(14.3ha.), Daubhaus, Domlay(9.7ha.), Eck~G.G.~(7.8ha.), Forstberg, Garkammer~G.G.~(.6ha.), Goldhaul, Hardtberg~G.G.~(22.2ha.), Herrenberg~G.G.~(17ha.), Himmelchen, Jesuitsgarten, Kappellenberg, Karlskopf, Kirchturmchen~G.G.~(9ha.), Klostergarten, Krauterberg~G.G.~(3.7ha.), Laacherberg, Landskrone~G.G.~(15ha.), Lochm u Hierlay, Monchberg~G.G.~(56ha.), Pfaffenberg, Pfarrwingert~G.G.~(8.8ha.), Riegelfeld, Rosenberg, Rosenthal(21ha.), Schieferlay(12.1ha.), Silberberg~G.G.~(13.8ha.), Sonnenberg~G.G.~(26ha.), Sonnenschein, Stiftberg, Steinhaul, Trotzenberg(5.8ha.), Ubigberg, Ursulinengarten
- TOPOGRAPHY– “Rolling/ Hilly/ Mountainous/ Terraced”, +Alt. 115mt.- 197mt., +Gradient(4° to 41°)
- VITICULTURE- ? ha. Planted
- Estate/ Producers– Bertram-Baltes(7.5ha.), Burggarten, Brogsitter, Dagernova, Deutzerhof, H.J. Kreuzberg(9ha./*1953), JJ Adeneuer, Jean Stodden, Julia Bertram, Maibachfarm, Mayer-Nakel, Mayscholl-Altenahr(Co.Op.), Nelles, Peter Lingen, Reinhold Riske, Sermann-Kreuzberg, Sonnenberg
- GEOGRAPHY– ANBAUGEBIETE-Ahr, BEREICHE-Walporzheim-Ahrtal(Greater)
**Refer to “BIBLIOGRAPHY/ Sources” For Details On Scholarly Works Referenced.