Location and classification
Meisenberg is an officially classified single vineyard in the municipality and in the winegrowing region Waldrach in the Ruwer area of the winegrowing region Mosel. The 2024 vineyard directory lists the site under number 450158 with 5.3 hectares planted with vines.
Steep slate slope
The site is described as a stony slope. The associated Waldrach slate slopes have a gradient of around 35 to 45 percent. The soils contain blue and grey slate, slate weathering material as well as traces of ore.
Grape varieties and wine styles
For the Waldrach Meisenberg, Riesling and Spätburgunder are documented. Producers associate the site with powerful Rieslings as well as fruity, velvet-smooth Spätburgunder wines. Also documented are sweet late-harvest Riesling and Riesling Sekt b.A. brut.
Documented Riesling Sekt
A Meisenberg Riesling Sekt documented from 2012 was produced from old vines. The grapes were hand-harvested very late and strictly selected; handwork and low yields were described as the usual working method. The maturation included an approximately three-hour maceration time, pressing without a pump, temperature-controlled fermentation at around 16 °C, reductive maturation and further ageing on fine lees.
