Location
Hargesheim lies on the Gräfenbach in the Nahe valley, between the Nahe region and the Hunsrück.
Viticulture
In the official wine-growing districts register for 2024, the individual vineyards Mollenbrunnen and Straußberg are listed under Hargesheim. The Straußberg is a south-facing vineyard site with sandy loam. There, winegrowerhof Härter also grows Bacchus.
Regional conditions
The Nahe wine-growing region has an average annual daytime temperature of 9.3 °C and an average temperature of 13.8 °C during the vegetation period. Average annual rainfall is 580 mm, of which 60% falls during the vegetation period. The geology includes, among other things, Devonian sandstone, slate, quartzite, green slate and phyllite, as well as widespread volcanic rocks of the Rotliegend and tertiary sands and marl.
History and wine law
Archaeological finds assign Hargesheim to settlements in the Nahe region documented from about 5000 BC. The place was first mentioned in writing in 1158 in a directory of properties of the Rupertsberg abbey. In 1929, a winegrowers’ association was founded in Hargesheim. The municipality belongs to the demarcated geographical area of the protected geographical indication Nahegauer Landwein. Its white wines are described as light, delicate, fresh and lively to strong and rounded, with mostly zesty acidity and minerality.
