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Bad Kreuznach

Around the spa town of Bad Kreuznach and in the side valleys towards Wallhausen and Bockenau lie broad slopes of Rotliegend, loess and gravel. Schäfer-Fröhlich (Bockenau), Prinz Salm (Wallhausen) and Korrell work here; Kahlenberg, Krötenpfuhl and Brückes are the classic sites.

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Grape Varieties

Riesling, Grauburgunder

Weißburgunder, Dornfelder, Spätburgunder

Most Famous Site

Kreuznacher Kahlenberg

Vineyard Area

777 ha

TERROIR PROFILE · Nahe

Bad Kreuznach Rotliegend and loess around the spa town

Bad Kreuznach delivers juicy, approachable wines – Bockenau the smoky exception.

☀ Warm · Dry · Sunny⛰ Slope: mixedRieslingGrauburgunderWeißburgunderDornfelder

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SOILS

Rotliegendes (red slate)warm, spicy, exotic

Permian Rotliegendes — iron-rich, heat-storing. Yields characterful, spicy Rieslings with unusual depth.

Loessround, fruity, full

Loess stores water and nutrients. Wines tend to be rounder, juicier and fuller.

Loambody-rich, velvety

Loamy soils give wines volume and a soft, velvety mouthfeel.

Slatemineral, smoky

Slate stores heat and releases it at night — wines show wet stone, smoke and a delicate structure.

CLIMATE · Warm · Dry · Sunny

Dry and mild in the rain shadow of the Hunsrück and Soonwald, with a wide, open valley. Rainfall is around 480 to 600 millimetres a year; ripening is early to mid-season.

TOPOGRAPHY · mixed

Gentle slopes and plateaus around Bad Kreuznach, with sites such as Kahlenberg, Krötenpfuhl (about 135 to 150 metres) and Brückes, and in the side valleys near Bockenau the steeper sites Felseneck and Stromberg in the valley of the Ellerbach.

WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS

juicyyellow-fruitedapproachablesmoky and taut at Bockenau

Typical Flavours of the Region

Region aroma cloud

ApplePeachCitrusApricotJasmineSlatePetrol (with age)PearAlmondHoneyAlmond pastryAcaciaSour cherryBlackberryElderberryVanillaPlumCherry

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Nahe overview

This sub-region is part of Nahe. The map shows all 4 sub-regions — Bad Kreuznach is highlighted.

Overview

Wineries79

Detailed profiles56

Typical Varieties

Riesling

Grauburgunder

Weißburgunder

Dornfelder

Spätburgunder

Terroir & Climate

Wine Character

Bad Kreuznach lies on the middle Nahe in Rhineland-Palatinate and, with about 777 hectares of vineyards, is the largest wine-growing municipality in the Nahe area. The wine villages Bosenheim, Ippesheim, Planig and Winzenheim belong to the town. The spa town is known for its salt works: in the Salinental stand six graduation towers, each nine metres high, in operation from April to October.

The Nahe is regarded as the German wine region with the greatest soil diversity; around Bad Kreuznach there are weathered soils and clay layers derived from sandstone, loess and loam, as well as Rotliegendes. The climate is mild and dry because the Hunsrück and Soonwald hold off rain.

About 77 percent of the area is planted with white varieties and 23 percent with red. Riesling is in the foreground, with Grauburgunder, Weissburgunder, Dornfelder and Spätburgunder. Well-known sites are Brückes, Kahlenberg, Narrenkappe, Kauzenberg, Hinkelstein and Steinberg. Producers include the Staatsweingut Bad Kreuznach and Paul Anheuser.

Soil Type

Rotliegend, loess, gravel; slate and volcanic rock at Bockenau

Climate

Mild and dry in the rain shadow of the Hunsrück and Soonwald; the broad, sunny slopes around the spa town ripen early.

Top sites & producers

8 sites

The most important classified single vineyards in the region. Classification per VDP (German Prädikat Wine Estates Association) and traditional vineyard registers.

By place (8)

Bad Kreuznach8 entries

Bockenauer FelseneckBockenauer StrombergKreuznacher BrückesKreuznacher KahlenbergKreuznacher KrötenpfuhlRoxheimer BergWallhäuser FelseneckWallhäuser Johannisberg

Sources: VDP, state vineyard registers, Wikipedia vineyard articles, traditional vineyard literature.

Top profiles

56 detailed profiles — all filterable in the list below

Weingut Prinz Salm

Nahe · Bad Kreuznach · Wallhausen

Bad Kreuznach

Bad Kreuznach Rotliegend and loess around the spa town

Typical Flavours of the Region

Riesling

Grauburgunder

Weißburgunder

Dornfelder

Spätburgunder

Nahe overview

Overview

Typical Varieties

Terroir & Climate

Wine Character

Soil Type

Climate

Top sites & producers

By place (8)

Top profiles

Weingut Prinz Salm

Weingut Schäfer-Fröhlich

Weingut Korrell Johanneshof

Weingut Hees

Weingut Edgar Orben

Weingut Johannishof

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Weingut Edgar Orben

Weingut Franz Jäckel

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Keber Kolling

Weingut Gernot Bäder

Weingut Rosengarten Welker-Emmerich

Weingut Schmitt-Peitz

Weingut Wiesenmühle

Weingut Paul Anheuser

Weingut Reichsgraf von Plettenberg

Winzerhof Schaller

Weingut Bicking

Weingut CH.W. Bernhard

Weingut Klein

Events in Nahe

VDP.Weinbörse Mainz

Nahe Wine Spring Bad Kreuznach

Nahe Wine Festival Bingen (Winzerfest)

Preview of the Großes Gewächs wines

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