TERROIR PROFILE
Tauberfranken
Easternmost Baden — Bocksbeutel tradition
Tauberfranken — Franconian Bocksbeutel enclave in Baden. Cool, clear, distinctive.
TERROIR PROFILE · Baden
Tauberfranken Easternmost Baden — Bocksbeutel tradition
Tauberfranken — Franconian Bocksbeutel enclave in Baden. Cool, clear, distinctive.
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
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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).
Wineries on this terroir
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Renown 21/100
Weingut und Fruchtsaftkelterei Andreas Geier
Königheim
Renown 15/100
Weingut Johann August Sack
Renown 15/100
Weingut Krug
Külsheim
Renown 4/100
Winzerhof Oehm
Oberschüpf
Renown 1/100
Weingut Benz
Lauda-Königshofen
Weingut Schmidt
Fürstliche Weingalerie Schloss Weikersheim
Weikersheim
This terroir's soils in the glossary