TERROIR PROFILE
Mittlere Ahr (Ahrweiler–Dernau–Rech)
Slate Pinot of the steep terraces
Middle Ahr: Germany's slate Pinot – cool, dense, smoky, ageworthy.
TERROIR PROFILE · Ahr
Mittlere Ahr (Ahrweiler–Dernau–Rech) Slate Pinot of the steep terraces
Middle Ahr: Germany's slate Pinot – cool, dense, smoky, ageworthy.
SOILS
Slatemineral, smoky
Slate stores heat and releases it at night — wines show wet stone, smoke and a delicate structure.
CLIMATE · Cool continental
Narrow valley with heat accumulation: dark slate stores daytime warmth, nights stay cool.
TOPOGRAPHY · terraced
Steep south-facing terraces from Ahrweiler via Walporzheim and Dernau to Mayschoß.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
Similar terroirs worldwide
Computed from fingerprint similarity
Bourgogne · Côte de Beaune
Burgundy
100% similar
- Mittlere Ahr (Ahrweiler–Dernau–Rech) and Bourgogne · Côte de Beaune share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Bourgogne · Côte de Nuits
Burgundy
96% similar
- Body (slightly): Mittlere Ahr (Ahrweiler–Dernau–Rech) gives more body → fuller, more powerful wines (7 vs. 6).
Wineries on this terroir
See all 24 →Weingut Meyer-Näkel
Dernau
Renown 86/100
Rotweingut Jean Stodden
Rech
Renown 82/100
Deutzerhof
Rech
Renown 76/100
Weingut Kreuzberg
Dernau
Renown 72/100
Weingut Bertram-Baltes
Dernau
Renown 66/100
Kloster Marienthal
Marienthal
Renown 60/100
WeinGut Paul Schumacher
Dernau
Renown 60/100
Winzergenossenschaft Mayschoß
Mayschoß
Renown 58/100
This terroir's soils in the glossary