TERROIR PROFILE
Bacharach & Oberwesel
Slate terraces of the Loreley
Bacharach & Oberwesel: racy slate Rieslings between Mosel finesse and Rheingau ripeness.
TERROIR PROFILE · Mittelrhein
Bacharach & Oberwesel Slate terraces of the Loreley
Bacharach & Oberwesel: racy slate Rieslings between Mosel finesse and Rheingau ripeness.
SOILS
Slatemineral, smoky
Slate stores heat and releases it at night — wines show wet stone, smoke and a delicate structure.
CLIMATE · Cool continental
Cool, tempered by the Rhine; the gorge focuses sun on the south-west slopes.
TOPOGRAPHY · terraced
Steepest terraces of the Mittelrhein above Bacharach and Oberwesel.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
Similar terroirs worldwide
Computed from fingerprint similarity
Obere Nahe & Alsenz-Glan
Nahe
100% similar
- Bacharach & Oberwesel and Obere Nahe & Alsenz-Glan share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Obere Ahr (Altenahr)
Ahr
94% similar
- Body (slightly): Bacharach & Oberwesel gives less body → finer, lighter wines (4 vs. 5).
- Freshness (slightly): Bacharach & Oberwesel has more freshness → crisp acidity, long ageing (10 vs. 9).
Wineries on this terroir
See all 31 →Weingut Toni Jost
Bacharach
Renown 70/100
Weingut Ratzenberger
Bacharach
Renown 68/100
Lanius Knab
Dellhofen
Renown 64/100
Weingut Friedrich Bastian
Bacharach
Renown 58/100
Weingut Philipps-Mühle
Sankt Goar
Renown 55/100
Weingut Stassen
Oberheimbach
Renown 22/100
Weingut und Ferienwohnungen Lithos
Oberwesel
Renown 8/100
Straußwirtschaft Andreas Schmelzeisen
Oberwesel
Renown 4/100
This terroir's soils in the glossary