TERROIR PROFILE
Mainviereck (Bürgstadt–Klingenberg)
Red sandstone Pinot
Mainviereck: Germany's sandstone Pinot – cool, silky, ageworthy.
TERROIR PROFILE · Franconia
Mainviereck (Bürgstadt–Klingenberg) Red sandstone Pinot
Mainviereck: Germany's sandstone Pinot – cool, silky, ageworthy.
SOILS
Sandstonewarm, dry, spicy
Sandstone warms quickly and yields ripe, fragrant wines with yellow fruit and fine spice.
Muschelkalk limestoneprecise, salty-mineral
Muschelkalk yields a crisp mineral acidity and salty depth.
CLIMATE · Cool continental
Mild Main-valley climate in western Franconia, sheltered by Spessart and Odenwald.
TOPOGRAPHY · terraced
Steep south-facing terraces of red sandstone (Centgrafenberg, Schlossberg, Kallmuth).
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
Similar terroirs worldwide
Computed from fingerprint similarity
Bourgogne · Côte Chalonnaise
Burgundy
96% similar
- Minerality (slightly): Mainviereck (Bürgstadt–Klingenberg) is less mineral → fruit-led, rounder (7 vs. 8).
Stuttgart
Württemberg
96% similar
- Freshness (slightly): Mainviereck (Bürgstadt–Klingenberg) has more freshness → crisp acidity, long ageing (8 vs. 7).
Wineries on this terroir
See all 61 →Weingut Fürst
Bürgstadt
Renown 88/100
Weingut Fürst Löwenstein
Kreuzwertheim
Renown 70/100
Weingut Benedikt Baltes
Klingenberg am Main
Renown 64/100
Weingut Rudolf Fürst
Bürgstadt
Renown 18/100
Weingut Bastian Hamdorf
Klingenberg am Main
Renown 16/100
Winzerpavillon
Alzenau
Renown 14/100
Weingut Klaus Simon
Wasserlos
Renown 13/100
Wengerter
Erlenbach am Main
Renown 12/100
This terroir's soils in the glossary