TERROIR PROFILE

Bensheim

Capital of the Bergstraße

Bensheim — home of Hessische Staatsweingüter Domäne Bergstraße, the region's flagship.

WarmthSunDrynessMineralityBodyFreshness

TERROIR PROFILE · Hessische Bergstraße

Bensheim Capital of the Bergstraße

Bensheim — home of Hessische Staatsweingüter Domäne Bergstraße, the region's flagship.

Warm · Dry · SunnySlope: moderateRieslingSpätburgunderGrauburgunder
What is terroir?

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

fruit-drivenelegantdryregionally characteristic

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.

Heppenheim

Hessische Bergstraße

100% similar

  • Bensheim and Heppenheim share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.

This terroir's soils in the glossary