Location and Classification
Lennenborn is a legally registered single vineyard site in the municipality of Bacharach, in the cadastral district of Steeg. It belongs to the cultivation region Mittelrhein, to the Loreley area, and to the Großlage Schloss Stahleck.
Area and Geology
The official vineyard register lists Lennenborn under vineyard code 321005 and shows a planted vineyard area of 1.7 hectares. The site is one of the Mittelrhein locations with Devonian slate geology; viticulture is documented as a slate-soil site.
Grape Varieties and Wines
For wines with the designation Steeger Lennenborn, Riesling is documented. These include Riesling Kabinett trocken, Riesling Kabinett feinherb and Riesling Spätlese. A Riesling Kabinett feinherb from the 2021 vintage has an alcohol content of 11.0% by volume.
Cultivation
A Lennenborn Riesling from the G. Schüler winery was hand-picked. For a Lennenborn Riesling, vines aged more than 50 years are also documented.
