Ahrtaler Landwein

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The wine-growing area lies entirely within the northern limb of the Ahr saddle, with predominantly sandstones (greywackes) and, to a lesser extent, clay slates of the Upper Mittelsiegen stage from the Lower Devonian.
• In the eastern part of the area, the sandstones and clay slates occur mainly as deeply and intensely weathered, semi-consolidated to loose, and frequently variegated rocks known as saprolite.
• Vineyard sites on gravels and loams of the valley floors as well as the middle and main terraces are quite widespread throughout the wine-growing area, with the terrace levelling surfaces frequently covered by thick deposits of loess and loess loam.
• The valley floor of the wine-growing area lies at approximately 150 m above sea level in the west and approximately 100 m above sea level in the east, with steep to very steep valley slopes of 150 to 200 m in height.
• Weather records show annual mean daily average temperatures of 9.8 °C, an average annual precipitation of 650 mm, and approximately 1,450 sunshine hours.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-DE-A1278
• Official trade body site — Deutsches Weininstitut (DWI)