TERROIR PROFILE
Bensheim
Capital of the Bergstraße
Bensheim — home of Hessische Staatsweingüter Domäne Bergstraße, the region's flagship.
TERROIR PROFILE · Hessische Bergstraße
Bensheim Capital of the Bergstraße
Bensheim — home of Hessische Staatsweingüter Domäne Bergstraße, the region's flagship.
SOILS
Loessround, fruity, full
Loess stores water and nutrients. Wines tend to be rounder, juicier and fuller.
Sandstonewarm, dry, spicy
Sandstone warms quickly and yields ripe, fragrant wines with yellow fruit and fine spice.
Graniteelegant, lightly spicy
Weathered granite produces elegant, slender wines with fine, lightly spicy profile.
CLIMATE · Warm · Dry · Sunny
Mediterranean-mild, sunny, sheltered by Odenwald.
TOPOGRAPHY · moderate
Gentle slopes at the foot of Melibokus.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
Similar terroirs worldwide
Computed from fingerprint similarity
Breisgau
Baden
100% similar
- Bensheim and Breisgau share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Badische Bergstraße
Baden
100% similar
- Bensheim and Badische Bergstraße share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Wineries on this terroir
See all 13 →Hessische Staatsweingüter Domäne Bergstraße
Bensheim
Renown 57/100
Weingut Griesel & Compagnie
Bensheim
Renown 27/100
Weingut Schloss Schönberg
Bensheim
Renown 25/100
Weingut Rothweiler
Bensheim
Renown 23/100
Weingut der Stadt Bensheim
Bensheim
Renown 20/100
Weingut Zerback
Bensheim-Auerbach
Renown 12/100
Weingut Mohr
Bensheim
Renown 12/100
Weingut Jäger
Bensheim-Auerbach
Renown 12/100
This terroir's soils in the glossary