TERROIR PROFILE

Roter Hang

Permian Rotliegendes — Riesling icon

Roter Hang is one of the world's great Riesling terroirs — Klaus-Peter Keller's G-Max grows here.

WarmthSunDrynessMineralityBodyFreshness

TERROIR PROFILE · Rheinhessen

Roter Hang Permian Rotliegendes — Riesling icon

Roter Hang is one of the world's great Riesling terroirs — Klaus-Peter Keller's G-Max grows here.

Warm · Dry · SunnySlope: steepRieslingSpätburgunder
What is terroir?

SOILS

Rotliegendes (red slate)warm, spicy, exotic

Permian Rotliegendes — iron-rich, heat-storing. Yields characterful, spicy Rieslings with unusual depth.

Slatemineral, smoky

Slate stores heat and releases it at night — wines show wet stone, smoke and a delicate structure.

CLIMATE · Warm · Dry · Sunny

Steep slopes directly on the Rhine, southwest-facing. Mild, sunny, climatically buffered by the river.

TOPOGRAPHY · steep

Narrow steep terrace between Nierstein and Nackenheim.

WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS

dense, spicy fruitsalty-mineraldeepunusual aromatic complexityage-worthy

Similar terroirs worldwide

Computed from fingerprint similarity

Hattenheim/Eltville

Rheingau

96% similar

  • Minerality (slightly): Roter Hang is more mineral → salty-stony notes, more tension (10 vs. 9).

Volkacher Mainschleife

Franconia

94% similar

  • Minerality (slightly): Roter Hang is more mineral → salty-stony notes, more tension (10 vs. 9).
  • Freshness (slightly): Roter Hang has more freshness → crisp acidity, long ageing (8 vs. 7).

Rüdesheim/Lorch

Rheingau

93% similar

  • Sun (slightly): Roter Hang gets less sun → paler colour, more herbal spice (8 vs. 9).
  • Body (slightly): Roter Hang gives less body → finer, lighter wines (7 vs. 8).

This terroir's soils in the glossary