Nahe (wine region)

The wine-growing region Nahe is a German wine region according to § 3 para 1 No. 7 wine law. It is located in Rhineland -Palatinate in the region of the left Rhine Creek near rivers and their tributaries Glan and Alsenz where already since Roman times wine is grown. On about 4,063 ha ( as of 2012) are mainly Riesling (share 27.3 %), Müller- Thurgau ( 13.4%), thorn fields ( 10.8 %) and Silvaner (6.5%) cultured. To 75 % is white wine, produced 25% of red wine.

The about 97 km long wine trail Rhein-Nahe leads from Kirn on the Nahe river to Bingen am Rhein through the nature park Soonwaldsteig -Nahe and opens for hikers the entire wine-growing region of the middle and lower Nahe.

Through the wine growing region fürhrt the Naheweinstraße. For the regional wine queen, see Nahe wine queen.

  • 4.1 Nahe Valley area
  • 4.2 viticulture at Glan and Alsenz

Geographical location

The wine region Nahe, which will operate as a separate wine area in Rhineland -Palatinate only since 1971, extends from the mouth of the Middle upriver until shortly before Kirn as well as in the side valleys of guilders Bach, Gräfenbach, Glan and Alsenz. To the northwest it is protected through the Hunsrück, north through the Taunus Mountains, southeast lies the North Palatine Uplands. Economic center of the wine region is the spa town of Bad Kreuznach.

Soils

The wine region Nahe Germany far boast the largest soil diversity and engräumigsten change. More than 180 soil types are suspected and currently being investigated in a project. Due to this geological diversity, it occupies a special position: quartz and slate floors are found on the lower, porphyry, melaphyre and sandstone at the middle Nahe. Around Bad Kreuznach, there are residual soils and Tonüberlagerungen of sandstone, loess and clay. The vineyards are mostly located in flat and hilly areas. Only a small proportion, mainly in the area around Bad Munster am Stein, are steep slopes. Especially the Riesling brings forth here very mineral, elegant wines.

Varieties

75 % of the vineyards are planted with white varieties.

In the spectrum of varieties of white wines Riesling dominate ( 27.3 %) and Müller -Thurgau (about 13.4 %). In addition to a significant extent be dornfelder (10.8%), Silvaner (6.5%), Pinot Noir (5.9%), Pinot Blanc (5.5%), Pinot Gris (5.3%) and Kerner (4, 5%) grown.

White varieties

  • Goldriesling
  • Pinot Gris
  • Gutedel
  • Hibernal
  • Hölder
  • Huxelrebe
  • St. John
  • Jewel
  • Chancellor
  • Kerner
  • Kernling
  • Marie Steiner
  • Merzling
  • Morio - Muskat
  • Müller- Thurgau ( Rivaner )
  • Schönburger
  • Septimer
  • Siegerrebe
  • Silcherstraße
  • Silvaner
  • Sirius
  • Staufer
  • White Burgundy
  • Würzer

Red varieties

  • Dornfelder
  • Dark fields
  • Frühburgunder
  • Hegel
  • Helfensteiner
  • Heroldrebe
  • Lemberger
  • Merlot
  • Palas
  • Portuguese
  • Regent
  • Rondo
  • Rotberg
  • Meunier
  • Pinot Noir
  • St. Laurent
  • Tauberschwarz
  • Trollinger
  • Zweigelt

Subdivision

By the year 1993, there were still two areas: the area Kreuznach and the area Schlossböckelheim. Today, the wine region Nahe is divided into an area with six large documents as well as about 313 individual layers and covers approximately 4,000 hectares of vineyards.

Nahe Valley area

Großlagen:

  • Chapel with the villages of: Muenster-Sarmsheim, Guldental, leaves home, castle Layen, Windesheim, Schweppenhausen and Dorsheim
  • Sonneborn with the village Langenlonsheim
  • Pfarrgarten with the villages Wallenhausen, Spabrücken, Dalberg, Hergenfeld, summer hole and Gutenberg / St. Ruppertsberg
  • Kronenberg with the city of Bad Kreuznach and the villages Bretz Home and Hargesheim
  • Rose Garden with the villages Mandel, Roxheim, Rudesheim and Weinheim
  • Garden of Eden with the villages Waldböckelheim, Meddersheim, Kirschroth, Monzingen, Weiler et al
  • Castle path with the villages of Lower Hausen, Oberhausen, Norheim, Schlossböckelheim, Altenbamberg, Ebernburg, Traisen and Duchroth

Winegrowing in Glan and Alsenz

Although the vineyards are located at Glan and Alsenz primarily on pfälzischem ground, they belong to the Nahe region. Again, there are places with a long winemaking tradition.

  • Altenbamberg
  • Hochstätten
  • Mannenweiler - Coelln
  • Obermoschel
  • Oberndorf
  • Steckweiler
  • Steingruben
Glan (Nahe) Alsenz (river) Varietal Porphyry (geology) Buntsandstein Kerner (grape) Bacchus (grape) Blauer Portugieser Regent (grape) Dunkelfelder Ortega (grape) Phoenix (grape) Albalonga (grape) Auxerrois blanc Bronner (grape) Elbling Findling Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains Juwel (grape) Kanzler (grape) Morio Muscat Optima (grape) Orion (grape) Domina (grape) Rondo (grape) Rotberger Laubenheim Windesheim, Germany Wallhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate Dalberg, Rhineland-Palatinate Gutenberg, Germany Bretzenheim Almond Weinsheim, Bad Kreuznach Weiler bei Monzingen Niederhausen Oberhausen an der Nahe Traisen, Germany Odernheim am Glan Offenbach-Hundheim Oberndorf, Rhineland-Palatinate Bayerfeld-Steckweiler Stuart Pigott Jancis Robinson Baden (wine region) Mittelrhein (wine region) Rheingau wine Rheinhessen (wine region) Saale-Unstrut
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