Rheinischer Landwein

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The region lies at the northern end of the Upper Rhine Graben, at the Rhine bend between Mainz, Bingen, Alzey, and Worms, featuring plateaus of resistant limestone and broad valley floors with gentle hills.
• The highest plateau areas lie between 250 and 300 metres above sea level, the lowlands between 100 and 150 metres, while viticulture takes place at an average elevation of 175 metres above sea level, with exposures ranging from south-east to south-west.
• The winegrowing region is predominantly composed of Tertiary and Quaternary sediments overlying a basement of Rotliegend rocks, which reach the surface only in the far south-west and at the Niersteiner Horst.
• The plateau areas are formed by Tertiary limestones, while slopes, hills, and lowland areas are developed in softer Tertiary marls, with loess or loess-derived loam representing the most important parent substrate for soil formation.
• In the north-western part of the winegrowing region near Bingen, Devonian quartzites and clay slates occur, while the mean annual temperature is approximately 9.9 °C and annual precipitation is around 550 mm.

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

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Sources

• Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-DE-A1301
• Official trade body site — Deutsches Weininstitut (DWI)