Brandenburger Landwein

Germany · IGP · Brandenburg · 188 commune(s)

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Albalonga Arns Burguer (Arnsburger)Auxerrois Bacchus (Bacchus Weiss)Bronner Pinot Blanc Cabernet Blanc Chardonnay Gm 6414-39 (Ehrenbreitsteiner)Ehrenfelser Roter Elbling (Elbling Rot)Elbling (Elbling Weiss)Faberrebe Bouvier Freisamer Goldriesling Chasselas Rosé Chasselas Helios B.Hibernal Holder Huxelrebe Johanniter Juwel Kanzler Kerner B. (Kerner)Kernling Mariensteiner Merzling Morio Muskat Muscat Ottonel Müller-Thurgau (Mueller Thurgau Weiss)Muscaris Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs Muscat À Petits Grains Rouges Nobling Optima 113 (Optima)Orion Ortega Osteiner Perle Perle Von Zala (Zala Gyoengye)Phoenix Prinzipal Regner Reichensteiner Gewurztraminer (Gewuerztraminer)Riesling (Riesling Weiss)Pinot Gris Saphira Sauvignon Blanc Souvignier Gris Scheurebe Schönburger (Schoenburger)Siegerrebe Valente (Heunisch Weiss)Sylvaner (Silvaner Gruen)Sirius Solaris Staufer Grüner-Veltliner (Veltliner Gruen)Villaris Würzer Accent Acolon Allegro Andre Blauburger Bolero Cabernet Carbon N. (Cabernet Carbon)Cabernet Cortis Cabernet-Cubin Cabernet Dorio Cabernet-Dorsa Cabernet-Franc Cabernet Jura Cabernet-Mitos Cabernet-Sauvignon Pinot Noir Dakapo Deckrot Domina Dornfelder Dunkelfelder Frueburgunder Hegel Helfensteiner Heroldrebe Blauer Limberger (Blaufraenkisch)Velteliner Rouge Precoce (Veltliner Fruehrot)Merlot Monarch Muskat Trollinger (Muscat Hamburg)Müllerrebe Neronet Palas Pinotin Piroso Blauer Portugieser (Portugieser Blau)Prior Regent N. (Regent)Rondo Zweigelt N. (Zweigeltrebe Blau)Jacquère Saint Laurent N. (Saint Laurent)Tauberschwarz Schiava Grossa N. - Großvernatsch (Schiava Grossa)

Terroir

Natural factors

Soils outside the lowlands are mostly sandy, partly gravelly; glacial till is either thin or absent altogether.
The landscape is shaped by glacial features: ground and terminal moraines, outwash plains, glacial meltwater valleys, glacial channels, and lakes.
A noticeable kontinentaler Einfluss, especially in Lusatia; annual rainfall only 520–620 mm.
Sunshine hours reach 1,600–1,800 per year; the Lower Lusatia region ranks among the sunniest areas in Germany.
Viticulture today is practised predominantly on south-facing, gently to moderately sloping sites.

Human factors

Scattered-vineyard cultivation on climatically favoured hillside sites, historically associated with secular and ecclesiastical estates.
Many growing sites were already recorded as vineyard land on historical maps from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Product characteristics

The wines reflect aromas of regional fruit varieties such as apple, peach, sour cherry, and soft berries.
Low-nutrient soils in combination with low rainfall and high sunshine hours produce wines of distinctive character.

Terroir / wine link

Low-nutrient sandy soils combined with high sunshine hours and low rainfall produce, according to the specification, characteristically distinctive and unique wines.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-DE-A1281
Official trade body site — Deutsches Weininstitut (DWI)