TERROIR PROFILE
Bereich Umstadt
Geographically isolated Odenwald enclave
Bereich Umstadt — geographically separated from Bergstraße, an island enclave.
TERROIR PROFILE · Hessische Bergstraße
Bereich Umstadt Geographically isolated Odenwald enclave
Bereich Umstadt — geographically separated from Bergstraße, an island enclave.
SOILS
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.
Loessround, fruity, full
Loess stores water and nutrients. Wines tend to be rounder, juicier and fuller.
CLIMATE · Cool continental
Mild continental, cooler than the Bergstraße proper.
TOPOGRAPHY · gentle
Gentle slopes in the Odenwald foreland.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
Similar terroirs worldwide
Computed from fingerprint similarity
Bodensee
Baden
96% similar
- Freshness (slightly): Bereich Umstadt has less freshness → gentler acidity, earlier drinking (8 vs. 9).
Tauberfranken
Baden
96% similar
- Sun (slightly): Bereich Umstadt gets more sun → deeper colour, riper tannin (7 vs. 6).
Wineries on this terroir
See all 8 →Vinum Autmundis (Odenwälder Winzergenossenschaft)
Groß-Umstadt
Renown 28/100
Weingut Edling
Roßdorf
Renown 23/100
Weingut Anders
Groß-Umstadt
Renown 21/100
Weingut Brücke-Ohl
Groß-Umstadt
Renown 20/100
Weingut Lohmühle
Groß-Umstadt
Renown 15/100
Weingut Diehl
Groß-Umstadt
Renown 12/100
Weingut Gregor Ludwig Eidmann
Otzberg
Renown 5/100
Weingut Friedel Simon
Alzenau-Wasserlos
This terroir's soils in the glossary