Jugenheim

Jugenheim is a municipality covering an area of 6.17 km² in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate. The village is located in a side valley of the Selz and is described by the municipality as a wine village amid vineyard slopes and forest. Jugenheim belongs to the wine region Rheinhessen, which is characterised by a warm, dry climate.

The Jugenheim wine-growing area includes the individual sites Goldberg, Hasensprung, Heiligenhäuschen and St. Georgenberg. The Goldberg covers about 70 hectares and lies at an altitude of 180 to 250 metres, with an eastern to southern aspect. Its soils consist of loess clay and calcareous marl, as well as marl/Pelosol and limestone/Rendzina.

The Hasensprung covers about 48 hectares, lies at an altitude of 160 to 247 metres and has a southerly to south-easterly aspect. Here are found limestone/Rendzina and marl/Pelosol. Heiligenhäuschen covers about 14 hectares, lies at an altitude of 150 to 170 metres with a south to south-easterly aspect and has marl/Pelosol. Even St. Georgenberg has this deep, calcareous clay soil.

The marl/Pelosol soils of the Jugenheim sites are associated with full-bodied, dense wines with moderate acidity and a creamy texture. Limestone/Rendzina stands for aromatic, mineral and chalky wines with balanced acidity. In Rheinhessen, around 70 percent of planting is accounted for by white grape varieties; the defining varieties include Riesling, the white Burgunder varieties, Müller-Thurgau and Silvaner. Among the red varieties, Dornfelder and Spätburgunder are among the most important.

In 2017, Jugenheim marked its 1,250th anniversary, providing evidence of local history dating back to around 767. St. Georgenberg was mentioned around 1300 as “uff der Pfaffen Wingarte zu Stant Georgen” and belonged, as a foundation, to the altar of the St. George’s Chapel in Partenheim. The name Heiligenhäuschen refers to a wayside shrine in the open fields; Hasensprung is linked to the Middle High German “sprung” for spring or watercourse.