TERROIR PROFILE

Remstal

Muschelkalk + Keuper for powerful reds

Remstal is Württemberg's new Burgundy — Aldinger, Schnaitmann, Beurer set international standards.

WarmthSunDrynessMineralityBodyFreshness

TERROIR PROFILE · Württemberg

Remstal Muschelkalk + Keuper for powerful reds

Remstal is Württemberg's new Burgundy — Aldinger, Schnaitmann, Beurer set international standards.

Cool continentalSlope: terracedRieslingTrollingerLembergerSpätburgunder
What is terroir?

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.

Loambody-rich, velvety

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

CLIMATE · Cool continental

Mild continental with strong diurnal variation — good for structured acidity.

TOPOGRAPHY · terraced

Steep terraces above the Rems river, south-facing.

WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS

spicy-structuredLemberger with depthcooler fresh stylerobust mineralitymodern winemaking

Similar terroirs worldwide

Computed from fingerprint similarity

Bourgogne · Côte de Beaune

Burgundy

96% similar

  • Minerality (slightly): Remstal is less mineral → fruit-led, rounder (8 vs. 9).

Bourgogne · Côte Chalonnaise

Burgundy

96% similar

  • Body (slightly): Remstal gives more body → fuller, more powerful wines (7 vs. 6).

Kraichgau

Baden

96% similar

  • Freshness (slightly): Remstal has more freshness → crisp acidity, long ageing (8 vs. 7).

This terroir's soils in the glossary