Red clay rigosol

Formation

Calcareous clay and fine sand deposits in the desert landscape of the top layer of red soil

Soil characteristics

Shallow to medium depth, lime-rich, stony, clayey loam soil, low storage capacity for soil water available to plants, calcareous, good heatability, moderate rootability

  • Era: Perm
  • Rock: Red claystone
  • Soil: Rigosol
  • Share of total area in Rheinhessen: 1 %

Herbal, delicately spicy, almost floral notes, mineral components, pronounced fruit aromas: peach, apricot, honeydew melon. Lively acidity, multifaceted, often very closed in youth, longevity

Geisterberg

Mandelberg

Bechenheim Fröhlich

Erbes-Büdesheim Vogelsang

Flonheim Klostergarten

Fürfeld Eichelberg

Fürfeld Kapellenberg

Fürfeld Steige

Nackenheim Rothenberg

Nackenheim Engelsberg

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Neu-Bamberg Kletterberg

Nierstein Brudersberg

Nierstein Goldene Luft

Nierstein Rosenberg

Nierstein Hipping

Nierstein Pettenthal

Nierstein Ölberg

Schwabsburg Schloß Schwabsburg

Tiefenthal Graukatz

Uffhofen La Roche

Weinheim Kirchenstück

Contact details:

Rheinhessenwein e.V.

Otto-Lilienthal-Straße 4

55232 Alzey

Tel: (0049) 6731 9510740
E-Mail: info@rheinhessenwein.de

Contact details:

Rheinhessenwein e.V.

Otto-Lilienthal-Straße 4

55232 Alzey

Tel: (0049) 6731 9510740
E-Mail: info@rheinhessenwein.de