Tuniberg

The Tuniberg is a limestone hill in the Breisgau southwest of Freiburg, rising to 312 metres. It extends about 9 kilometres north to south and roughly 3 kilometres east to west. Around it lie Merdingen, Gottenheim and the Freiburg districts of Waltershofen, Opfingen, Tiengen and Munzingen. As the little brother of the Kaiserstuhl, it has formed a separate Baden wine district since 1996.

Unlike the volcanic Kaiserstuhl, the Tuniberg consists of limestone with thick loess cover and layers of clay. The climate is among the warmest in Germany, sunny and dry, with mild winters in the Upper Rhine; the loess holds water and tends to give wines a softer structure.

Burgundian varieties shape the picture: Spätburgunder, Grauburgunder and Weissburgunder, along with Müller-Thurgau. Well-known single sites include the Munzinger Kapellenberg and the Niederrimsinger Rotenberg.