Location and climate
Röttingen is a wine town in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, in the Tauber valley and part of the Franconian Wine Country. The area around the Tauber is considered relatively dry and has a continental-influenced, dry-warm climate with low levels of rainfall. More than 30 summer days with temperatures above 25 °C and fewer than ten frost days below 0 °C are recorded each year.
Röttinger Feuerstein
The vineyards of the Röttinger Feuerstein extend along the Tauber valley near the route towards Tauberrettersheim. The hillside is shaped by shell limestone and contains white quartz veins, which are locally referred to as Feuerstein. The roughly 30-hectare vineyard area has been documented since 1103; a wine trail offers views over the Tauber valley.
Grape varieties and wine style
In the Röttinger Feuerstein, among other varieties, Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner, Bacchus and Riesling are grown. Tauberschwarz is also represented as a traditional red grape variety of the Tauber valley; further documented red varieties are Schwarzriesling, Domina, Dornfelder and Spätburgunder. Röttingen stands for Franconian wines made from classic white grape varieties as well as for full-bodied red wines. Tauberschwarz is described as a brick-red, fruity red wine with an individual character.
Historic museum vineyard
The 1,800-square-metre museum vineyard in the Feuerstein preserves historic elements such as dry stone walls, vineyard cottages and stone loading tracks. Volunteers maintain it by hand and use exclusively natural fertiliser. The mixed planting of Tauberschwarz, Riesling, Silvaner and Traminer is developed into a blended harvest.
