Site and Climate
The Doktorgarten vineyard is the Blankenhornsberg wine-growing site in the municipality of Ihringen, at the south-western tip of the Kaiserstuhl in the Baden wine-growing region Baden. The vineyard plots lie at an altitude of around 200 to 310 metres. Their slopes, which are predominantly oriented to the south-east, south and south-west, have a gradient of 30 to 50 percent. The documented climate includes an average annual temperature of 10.5 °C, 550 to 600 millimetres of rainfall and around 1,800 hours of sunshine.
Soils and Vines
Geologically, the Doktorgarten is connected with the Ihringen Winklerberg. The dark volcanic weathering soils contain inclusions of limestone, absorb heat quickly and store it. The western part is particularly stony and rich in coarse fragments of rock, while the eastern part is characterised by pure loess. The documented grape varieties include Weißburgunder, Grauburgunder, Spätburgunder, Chardonnay and Muskateller.
Viticulture and Wine Style
The vineyard comprises 62 plots, which are treated individually during production and vinified separately. For plots in the area of Doktorgarten Kleintal, manual cultivation is documented. The wines are described as full-bodied and aromatic, and characterised by acidity, freshness and pronounced minerality. Among others, dry Chardonnay, Grauburgunder and Spätburgunder wines are documented.
History and Classification
The Blankenhorn family made the previously unused slope usable for wine growing between 1842 and 1844 and planted it from 1844. The name commemorates the winegrowing researcher Professor Dr. Adolph Blankenhorn. Since 2020, the site has been divided into the two plots WINKLEN and KLEINTAL, which are also classified as VDP.ERSTE LAGE®. The classified area of the Doktorgarten is 28.00 hectares.
