TERROIR PROFILE
Mittelmosel
Classical Riesling heart on blue slate
Mittelmosel is the spiritual home of German Riesling — Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Bernkasteler Doctor, J.J. Prüm.
TERROIR PROFILE · Mosel
Mittelmosel Classical Riesling heart on blue slate
Mittelmosel is the spiritual home of German Riesling — Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Bernkasteler Doctor, J.J. Prüm.
SOILS
Slatemineral, smoky
Slate stores heat and releases it at night — wines show wet stone, smoke and a delicate structure.
CLIMATE · Cool continental
Cool-continental, but warmer than Saar thanks to steep slopes and blue Devonian slate. Slate stores heat by day and releases it at night.
TOPOGRAPHY · steep
Europe's steepest vineyards — up to 70% gradient directly on the river.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
Similar terroirs worldwide
Computed from fingerprint similarity
Untermosel
Mosel
100% similar
- Mittelmosel and Untermosel share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Obere Ahr (Altenahr)
Ahr
96% similar
- Dryness (slightly): Mittelmosel is wetter → juicier, softer, more plushness (5 vs. 6).
Wineries on this terroir
See all 523 →Weingut Willi Schaefer
Graach an der Mosel
Renown 75/100
Weingut Reinhold Haart
Piesport
Renown 75/100
Weingut Fritz Haag
Brauneberg
Renown 72/100
Weingut Joh. Jos. Prüm
Bernkastel-Wehlen
Renown 71/100
Weingut Markus Molitor
Bernkastel-Wehlen
Renown 70/100
Weingut Wwe. Dr. H. Thanisch (Erben Müller-Burggraef)
Bernkastel-Kues / Andel
Renown 68/100
Weingut Josef Milz
Trittenheim
Renown 64/100
Weingut Schloss Lieser - Thomas Haag
Lieser
Renown 61/100
This terroir's soils in the glossary