Wine growing in Schierstein

Schierstein is a popular destination thanks to its Mediterranean flair and harbour. Wine growing is also very important in this town on the outskirts of the wine growing district.

Wine growing in Schierstein

Schierstein is a popular tourist destination thanks to its Mediterranean flair and harbour. Also wine growing, mentioned in 973 in a document for the first time, is very important in this wine village. A great variety of different white wines, (Riesling, Müller-Thurgau, Pinot blanc, Pinot gris, Chardonnay and Silvaner) and red wines (Pinot noir, Dornfelder, Saint Laurent and Merlot) are cultivated on a wine-growing area of 39.2 hectares. The wines from the Schiersteiner Hölle can be tasted at the weekends (April until October) at the wine stall on the Hans-Römer Platz.

Schiersteiner Hölle

The terroir name is derived from the German word for a stockpile of minerals halde. The soils are medium to deep loess soils on Pliocene and Pleistocene gravels and sands, partly also alluvial soils. The wines demonstrate a mineral acidy texture and a vegetal bouquet. They are closed and develop their complexity after aging for a certain period.

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