Location and landscape
Maiberg is a vineyard site on the hillside above Heppenheim (Bergstraße) in the wine-growing region Hessische Bergstraße. The site offers views over the town and the Upper Rhine plain. The Maiberg also includes cultivated plots on steep slopes.
Climate and vineyard area
In Heppenheim, the climate averages for the years 1991 to 2020 are 692 millimetres of annual precipitation and 429 millimetres of precipitation during the growing season. The average annual temperature is 11.6 degrees Celsius, while during the growing season it is 16.5 degrees Celsius. The planted vineyard area of Maiberg covers about 45 hectares.
Wines and cultivation
For a Heppenheim Maiberg wine, Chardonnay is documented; the wine is classified as dry. In a Maiberg plot, the vines are tended throughout the year largely by hand.
History and wine law
The name of the vineyard site is first documented in 1442 in the form “Mayenberg”. Maiberg is a single site (Einzellage) of Hessische Bergstraße. The Heppenheim single sites are marketed under the collective site name Heppenheimer Schlossberg.
