TERROIR PROFILE
Hohenlohe
Aristocratic estates in the Franconian northeast
Hohenlohe — historical aristocratic estates like Schloss Hohenlohe-Oehringen shape the region.
Climate, site & wine
Keuper and Muschelkalk shape the soils, in the Lower Keuper often with loess, giving nutrient-rich, easily worked loams. On Muschelkalk Riesling and Weissburgunder become taut and mineral, while Lemberger and Spätburgunder gain structure.
Historic noble estates such as Fürst Hohenlohe-Oehringen shape the region's quality; the whites are rather lean and fresh. The climate stays somewhat cooler than on the Neckar, so harvest falls correspondingly later.
TERROIR PROFILE · Württemberg
Hohenlohe Aristocratic estates in the Franconian northeast
Hohenlohe — historical aristocratic estates like Schloss Hohenlohe-Oehringen shape the region.
SOILS
Muschelkalk limestoneprecise, salty-mineral
Muschelkalk yields a crisp mineral acidity and salty depth.
Keuper marlpowerful, iron-red
Keuper marl with high iron content gives Lemberger and Pinot Noir powerful, spicy depth.
Loessround, fruity, full
Loess stores water and nutrients. Wines tend to be rounder, juicier and fuller.
CLIMATE · Cool continental
Continental in northeastern Württemberg, cooler than in the Heilbronner Land. In autumn warm days and cool nights give the whites above-average fruitiness; late frost is possible in valley hollows.
TOPOGRAPHY · moderate
Hill country of the Hohenlohe plain with deeply incised, steep valleys of the Kocher and Jagst. Vineyards lie on the valley slopes near villages such as Öhringen, Künzelsau and Ingelfingen.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
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Computed from fingerprint similarity
Hattenheim/Eltville
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Bourgogne · Côte Chalonnaise
Burgundy
100% similar
- Hohenlohe and Bourgogne · Côte Chalonnaise share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Wineries on this terroir
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