Steinberg, Kloster Eberbach

The Steinberg is a German single vineyard in the Rheingau wine region in Hesse. It is located in the district Hattenheim the community Eltville and is 37.2 hectares, the largest location in the Rheingau. The vineyard is planted exclusively with Riesling vines from which wines are produced, such as the legendary Steinberger Riesling Trocken Beerenauslese 1921. The domain Steinberg, which belongs to the Hessian State wineries Kloster Eberbach, is 34 ha in size. This is completely bordered by a stone wall.

Since the German wine law of 1971, the Steinberg is in addition to the documents Schloss Johannisberg, Schloss Reichartshausen and lock Vollrads the only single vineyard in the Rheingau, which is considered its own district and hence, that may be labeled as Steinberger without specifying a place name simple.

Location and Geology

The Steinberg is located on the edge of the forest on a steep southwestern slope. The soil is interspersed with sand, gravel, clay loam and slate. In the upper part of the slope outweighs Steinger slate. The buildings of the domain Steinberg lie on the eastern edge of the vineyard on a ridge 200 meters in height on the road L 3320 Hattenheim to Kloster Eberbach. From here, open up economic ways the vineyard. The highest point of Steinberg's located about 270 meters high in the north corner, and the lowest point is in the southern tip across the domain Neuhof at about 150 meters.

The vineyard was initially surrounded by a hedge. This was eventually replaced by a completed on August 2, 1767 2,600 meters long and slate-roofed high stone wall. Since then, Steinberg is considered by the Walling as Clos. They served to protect the vineyard, especially before grape thieves, and also favors the microclimate.

In 1867, edited by Friedrich Wilhelm Dünkelberg work "The Nassau Viticulture" Stone Mountain is classified in Class I according to the first comprehensive classification of the Rheingau vineyards as one of 13 top locations.

History

Steinberg was created by the Cistercian monks of the nearby monastery Eberbach, which began in 1170 to connect with great energy individual parcels by purchase and exchange to a large vineyard. Approximately half of the area was fallow land that had to be cultivated. Below the Steinberg they laid at the same time to the current domain Neuhof. Since the dissolution of the monastery after the Imperial Diet of 1803 was the Steinberg State domain, first a Nassau, later a Prussian and a Hessian State Domain.

The Steinberg is wholly owned by the Hessian State Wineries Eberbach Abbey, one of its traditional six state domains, the domain Steinberg farming here.

Steinberg basement

Since the construction of the Steinberg cellar, central cellars of the State wineries, was put in operation here in 2008, Steinberg has become the operational headquarters of Hesse's biggest winery.

The Steinberg cellar was built in 2006-2008 according to the plans of the architect Reinhard Moster of Neustadt on the Wine Road at a cost of 15.8 million euros. It occupies an area of ​​64 meters by 83 meters and goes from the level of the courtyard from three floors up to 14 feet in depth. The cellar was covered with a two -meter thick layer of soil. It has a storage capacity of 1.3 million bottles and has over 1,800,000 liters of tank space. On a half-acre to grow above the cellar the grapes.

Black house

A few meters from the entrance gate is the Black Lodge, which is from April to October from Friday to Sunday as serving. From the tables and benches in the open there is a panoramic view over the Rhine to Rheinhessen.

Others

As part of the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Steinberger Round Table is celebrated in the Steinberg in the open air and with a wide view of the Rheingau.