TERROIR PROFILE

Untermosel

Picturesque Mosel valley toward Koblenz

Untermosel — from Cochem to Koblenz, Burg Eltz and small family estates shape the style.

WarmthSunDrynessMineralityBodyFreshness

TERROIR PROFILE · Mosel

Untermosel Picturesque Mosel valley toward Koblenz

Untermosel — from Cochem to Koblenz, Burg Eltz and small family estates shape the style.

Cool continentalSlope: steepRieslingSpätburgunderMüller-Thurgau
What is terroir?

SOILS

Slatemineral, smoky

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

CLIMATE · Cool continental

Cool-continental, Burg Eltz dominates the landscape.

TOPOGRAPHY · steep

Mosel steep slopes between Cochem and Koblenz.

WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS

traditional fruity-mineralfamily-estate characterslate style

Similar terroirs worldwide

Computed from fingerprint similarity

Mittelmosel

Mosel

100% similar

  • Untermosel and Mittelmosel share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.

Obere Ahr (Altenahr)

Ahr

96% similar

  • Dryness (slightly): Untermosel is wetter → juicier, softer, more plushness (5 vs. 6).

Gattinara

Piedmont

94% similar

  • Warmth (slightly): Untermosel is warmer → riper fruit, more alcohol, softer acidity (5 vs. 4).
  • Body (slightly): Untermosel gives less body → finer, lighter wines (5 vs. 6).

This terroir's soils in the glossary