TERROIR PROFILE

Tauberfranken

Easternmost Baden — Bocksbeutel tradition

Tauberfranken — Franconian Bocksbeutel enclave in Baden. Cool, clear, distinctive.

WarmthSunDrynessMineralityBodyFreshness

TERROIR PROFILE · Baden

Tauberfranken Easternmost Baden — Bocksbeutel tradition

Tauberfranken — Franconian Bocksbeutel enclave in Baden. Cool, clear, distinctive.

Cool continentalSlope: moderateMüller-ThurgauSchwarzrieslingBacchusTauberschwarz
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.

Sandstonewarm, dry, spicy

Sandstone warms quickly and yields ripe, fragrant wines with yellow fruit and fine spice.

CLIMATE · Cool continental

Cool-continental, late-frost risk, more continental in character.

TOPOGRAPHY · moderate

Tauber valley with moderate slopes.

WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS

fresh acid-drivenlight fruity redsTauberschwarz specialtyBocksbeutel tradition

Similar terroirs worldwide

Computed from fingerprint similarity

Bereich Umstadt

Hessische Bergstraße

96% similar

  • Sun (slightly): Tauberfranken gets less sun → paler colour, more herbal spice (6 vs. 7).

Bodensee

Baden

94% similar

  • Sun (slightly): Tauberfranken gets less sun → paler colour, more herbal spice (6 vs. 7).
  • Freshness (slightly): Tauberfranken has less freshness → gentler acidity, earlier drinking (8 vs. 9).

Obermosel

Mosel

94% similar

  • Body (slightly): Tauberfranken gives more body → fuller, more powerful wines (5 vs. 4).
  • Freshness (slightly): Tauberfranken has less freshness → gentler acidity, earlier drinking (8 vs. 9).

This terroir's soils in the glossary