Location and classification
The Kapellenberg is a legally registered single vineyard in the cadastral district of Rehlingen, part of Nittel. It belongs to the Upper Moselle region within the wine-growing area Mosel and is assigned to the large site Gipfel. The official wine-growing sites directory lists it under wine-growing site number 420117.
Area and soil
The registered planted vineyard area is 29.0 hectares. For a Kapellenberg wine specific to the site, Muschelkalk is given as the soil associated with the wine-growing site.
Grape variety and winemaking
For the Kapellenberg, Elbling is documented by site-specific wines from the winery Hubertus M. Apel. The vines for this wine were planted in spring 1960 and described as being over 60 years old. The documented wine is a dry Elbling; the grapes are hand-picked, selected twice and fermented spontaneously.
