Brandenburger Landwein

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The landscape of Brandenburg is shaped by glacial and post-glacial features such as ground moraines, terminal moraines, and outwash plains, formed during several advances of the last Ice Age.
• The average elevation of the plateaus and individual hills lies between 50 and 150 m above sea level, while the ancient meltwater valleys lie between 20 and 60 m above sea level.
• Viticulture today is practised predominantly on south-facing, gentle to moderate slopes.
• Away from the lowlands, the soils are mostly sandy, partly gravelly, while boulder clay (Geschiebemergel) occurs only in relatively shallow deposits and is absent in places.
• A perceptible continental climate influence is evident in Brandenburg, particularly in the Lausitz region; the Potsdam weather station has recorded average annual temperatures of 9.2 to 10.2 °C and 1,600 to 1,800 sunshine hours per year, with considerable regional variation possible.

• The vineyard sites of this wine region were often already recorded as vine-growing land on historical maps of the 17th and 18th centuries, which underpins the particular standing of the Brandenburg Landweine.
• Viticulture developed historically as dispersed-site cultivation on climatically favoured slopes, closely associated with the many secular and ecclesiastical estates of the region.

• On the palate and on the nose, the wines reflect regional fruit varieties such as apple, peach, and sour cherry, as well as various soft fruits.

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-A1281
• Official trade body site — Deutsches Weininstitut (DWI)