TERROIR PROFILE
Meißen & Diesbar-Seußlitz
Weathered granite in the Elbe valley
Meissen: elegant, fresh whites from weathered granite and syenite above the Elbe.
Climate, site & wine
Weathering products of granite and syenite are permeable and warm easily; the Rosengründchen has shallow, sandy soil. The wines are fresh, mineral and slender.
Riesling, Weißburgunder and Müller-Thurgau form the core, alongside Goldriesling, grown only in Saxony. Saxony totals around 509 hectares, over 81 percent of it quality wine; Schloss Proschwitz, Martin Schwarz and Vincenz Richter are among the estates.
TERROIR PROFILE · Saxony
Meißen & Diesbar-Seußlitz Weathered granite in the Elbe valley
Meissen: elegant, fresh whites from weathered granite and syenite above the Elbe.
SOILS
Graniteelegant, lightly spicy
Weathered granite produces elegant, slender wines with fine, lightly spicy profile.
Loessround, fruity, full
Loess stores water and nutrients. Wines tend to be rounder, juicier and fuller.
CLIMATE · Cool continental
Saxony has around 1,570 hours of sunshine a year under a continental climate. Meißen holds one of the oldest wine areas in the region, with viticulture documented since 1161.
TOPOGRAPHY · terraced
Terraced Elbe slopes at Meißen with Kapitelberg, Klausenberg, Ratsweinberg and Rosengründchen; downstream at Diesbar-Seußlitz the sites are gentler.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
Similar terroirs worldwide
Computed from fingerprint similarity
Dresden & Pillnitz
Saxony
96% similar
- Minerality (slightly): Meißen & Diesbar-Seußlitz is more mineral → salty-stony notes, more tension (7 vs. 6).
Nord (Marlenheim–Barr)
Alsace
94% similar
- Body (slightly): Meißen & Diesbar-Seußlitz gives less body → finer, lighter wines (5 vs. 6).
- Freshness (slightly): Meißen & Diesbar-Seußlitz has more freshness → crisp acidity, long ageing (8 vs. 7).
Wineries on this terroir
See all 19 →Weingut Schwarz
Meißen
Renown 72/100
Weingut Rothes Gut
Meißen
Renown 55/100
Schloss Proschwitz
Meißen
Renown 39/100
Weingut Vincenz Richter
Meißen
Renown 30/100
Winzergenossenschaft Meißen
Meißen
Renown 16/100
Weingut Jan Ulrich
Nünchritz
Renown 14/100
Weingut Matyas
Coswig
Renown 12/100
Weingut Joachim Lehmann
Nünchritz
Renown 12/100
This terroir's soils in the glossary