TERROIR PROFILE
Heppenheim
Southernmost Bergstraße town
Heppenheim — Centgericht site, historic old town, Starkenburg castle.
TERROIR PROFILE · Hessische Bergstraße
Heppenheim Southernmost Bergstraße town
Heppenheim — Centgericht site, historic old town, Starkenburg castle.
SOILS
Loessround, fruity, full
Loess stores water and nutrients. Wines tend to be rounder, juicier and fuller.
Graniteelegant, lightly spicy
Weathered granite produces elegant, slender wines with fine, lightly spicy profile.
Sandstonewarm, dry, spicy
Sandstone warms quickly and yields ripe, fragrant wines with yellow fruit and fine spice.
CLIMATE · Warm · Dry · Sunny
Mediterranean-mild, one of Hesse's warmest spots.
TOPOGRAPHY · steep
Sunny steep slopes on the southern border.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
Similar terroirs worldwide
Computed from fingerprint similarity
Breisgau
Baden
100% similar
- Heppenheim and Breisgau share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Badische Bergstraße
Baden
100% similar
- Heppenheim and Badische Bergstraße share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Wineries on this terroir
See all 6 →This terroir's soils in the glossary