Nahe Flashcards
What is the biggest city in the Nahe anbaugebiet?
Bad Kreuznach
What other anbaugebiet border Nahe?
Mittelrhein to the North
Rheinhessen to the east
Rheingau is very near to the north
What forms the western border in the Nahe?
Hunsruck Hochwald highland forest
What is the Nahe named after?
Nahe River
What are the tributaries of the Nahe River?
Grafenbach
Trollbach
Glan
Alsenz
What is Nahe a tributary of?
Rhine River
What direction does the Nahe river flow?
Northeast
List the Bereiche(s) of the Nahe?
Nahetal
What grapes are allowed for VDP production in the Nahe?
Riesling
What are the subzones of the Nahetal bereiche?
Upper Nahe
Middle Nahe
Lower Nahe
List the gemeinde of the Upper Nahe from west to east
- Monzingen
- Bockenau
List the gemeinde of the Middle Nahe from west to east
- Schlossböckelheim
- Oberhausen
- Niederhausen
- Norheim
- Traisen
- Altenbamberg
- Bad Münster am Stein
- Bad Kreuznach.
What are the gemeinde of the Lower Nahe?
- Wallhausen
- Roxheim
- Burg Layen
- Dorsheim
- Münster-Sarmsheim
- Laubenheim
- Langenlonsheim
Where and what is Frühlingsplätzchen?
Was once best and most historic site in Monzingen, Upper Nahe
It was expanded from less than 8 hectares to 64 with the 1971 wine law and now no longer considered the best GL
What are the famous Grosse Lagen of the Middle Nahe?
Schlossböckelheimer Felsenberg
Schlossböckelheimer Kupfergrube
Oberhauser Brücke - Donnhoff monopole
Niederhauser Hermannshöhle
Norheimer Dellchen
Traiser Bastei
Describe the soils of the Middle Nahe
Weathered volcanic soils
Slate
Limestone
Schist
Describe the soils of the Lower Nahe
Heavier with clay and loess
What major geological formations impact the soils of the Nahe
Mainz Basin
Saar-Nahe Basin
Rhenish Massif
What the main grapes grown in the Nahe?
White Grapes (74.8%)
Riesling: 1,170 ha
Muller Thurgau: 532 ha
Red Grapes (25.2%)
Dornfelder: 448 ha
Spatburgunder: 270 ha