Location
Neuengönna is a municipality in the Saale-Holzland district in Thuringia. It lies at the exit of the Gönnertal in the Saale valley between Jena and Dornburg. The surrounding area is characterised by the Saale valley, wooded hills and vineyard plots on sunny slopes.
Viticulture
Neuengönna belongs to the winegrowing region Saale-Unstrut. The official list of vineyard sites records the single site Neuengönnaer Wurmberg with 0.0530 hectares of planted vineyard area within the Neuengönna cadastral district. Wurmberg is linked to the municipality of Neuengönna as an approved single-site designation.
Climate and wine law
The winegrowing region of Saale-Unstrut has around 500 millimetres of annual rainfall and roughly 1,600 hours of sunshine. Severe winter and early spring frosts are among the documented risks. In the Thuringian part of the growing area, vines may in principle only be planted on land with a minimum slope of ten per cent. The maximum yield for wine is 90 hectolitres per hectare.
History
A regional publication documents 830 years of viticulture in the Gönnertal from 1182 to 2012 and also covers Neuengönna.
