TERROIR PROFILE

Mainviereck (Bürgstadt–Klingenberg)

Red sandstone Pinot

Mainviereck: Germany's sandstone Pinot – cool, silky, ageworthy.

WarmthSunDrynessMineralityBodyFreshness

TERROIR PROFILE · Franconia

Mainviereck (Bürgstadt–Klingenberg) Red sandstone Pinot

Mainviereck: Germany's sandstone Pinot – cool, silky, ageworthy.

Cool continentalSlope: terracedSpätburgunderFrühburgunderSilvanerRiesling
What is terroir?

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

cool red fruitsilkyfine-grained tanninsmoky

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).

Bottwartal

Württemberg

96% similar

  • Freshness (slightly): Mainviereck (Bürgstadt–Klingenberg) has more freshness → crisp acidity, long ageing (8 vs. 7).

This terroir's soils in the glossary