TERROIR PROFILE

Ortenau

Granite Klingelberger heartland

Ortenau — Andreas Laible, Schloss Staufenberg. Klingelberger is the local Riesling name.

WarmthSunDrynessMineralityBodyFreshness

TERROIR PROFILE · Baden

Ortenau Granite Klingelberger heartland

Ortenau — Andreas Laible, Schloss Staufenberg. Klingelberger is the local Riesling name.

Warm · Dry · SunnySlope: steepRieslingSpätburgunder
What is terroir?

SOILS

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.

Loambody-rich, velvety

Loamy soils give wines volume and a soft, velvety mouthfeel.

Marlbalanced, structured

Marl is a mix of limestone and clay — yields structured, balanced wines with acidity backbone.

CLIMATE · Warm · Dry · Sunny

Mild, sunny, sheltered by the Black Forest.

TOPOGRAPHY · steep

Steep weathered-granite slopes between Baden-Baden and Offenburg.

WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS

spicy-elegantgranite Riesling (Klingelberger)fine acidityslender Pinot Noir

Similar terroirs worldwide

Computed from fingerprint similarity

Bingen/Ingelheim

Rheinhessen

100% similar

  • Ortenau and Bingen/Ingelheim share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.

Alzey-Land

Rheinhessen

96% similar

  • Sun (slightly): Ortenau gets more sun → deeper colour, riper tannin (8 vs. 7).

Geisenheim/Oestrich-Winkel

Rheingau

96% similar

  • Freshness (slightly): Ortenau has less freshness → gentler acidity, earlier drinking (7 vs. 8).

This terroir's soils in the glossary