TERROIR PROFILE
Hattenheim/Eltville
Classical Rheingau Riesling heart
Hattenheim/Eltville — Marcobrunn, Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg. Robert Weil, Schloss Schönborn.
Climate, site & wine
The walled Steinberg has Taunus slate at the top, quartzite in the middle and loamy loess at the foot; Marcobrunn on the boundary between Erbach and Hattenheim grows on loess and calcareous clay marl on a south slope. Riesling becomes full, spicy and age-worthy here.
Typical are powerful dry Rieslings, Spätlesen and Auslesen with high ageing potential. The walled Steinberg has belonged to Eberbach Abbey since 1239.
TERROIR PROFILE · Rheingau
Hattenheim/Eltville Classical Rheingau Riesling heart
Hattenheim/Eltville — Marcobrunn, Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg. Robert Weil, Schloss Schönborn.
SOILS
Loessround, fruity, full
Loess stores water and nutrients. Wines tend to be rounder, juicier and fuller.
Marlbalanced, structured
Marl is a mix of limestone and clay — yields structured, balanced wines with acidity backbone.
Loambody-rich, velvety
Loamy soils give wines volume and a soft, velvety mouthfeel.
Slatemineral, smoky
Slate stores heat and releases it at night — wines show wet stone, smoke and a delicate structure.
CLIMATE · Warm · Dry · Sunny
Mild: the Taunus shields from cold north and east winds, and the broad Rhine stores heat and reflects light. South-facing sites ripen Riesling evenly, and the autumn is long.
TOPOGRAPHY · steep
Terraced slopes between Eltville and Hattenheim, falling south to the Rhine. The higher sites near Rauenthal and Kiedrich are steeper and cooler; Steinberg and Marcobrunn lie lower.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
Similar terroirs worldwide
Computed from fingerprint similarity
Bourgogne · Côte Chalonnaise
Burgundy
100% similar
- Hattenheim/Eltville and Bourgogne · Côte Chalonnaise share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Hohenlohe
Württemberg
100% similar
- Hattenheim/Eltville and Hohenlohe share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Wineries on this terroir
See all 74 →Weingut Robert Weil
Kiedrich
Renown 71/100
Kloster Eberbach (Hessische Staatsweingüter)
Eltville-Hattenheim
Renown 65/100
Weingut Balthasar Ress
Hattenheim
Renown 54/100
Weingut Baron Knyphausen
Eltville-Erbach
Renown 39/100
Weingut Georg Müller Stiftung
Hattenheim
Renown 38/100
Weingut Jakob Jung
Eltville-Erbach
Renown 37/100
Weingut J.B. Becker
Walluf
Renown 25/100
Weingut Steinmacher & Sohn
Kiedrich
Renown 24/100
This terroir's soils in the glossary