Location and classification
Neuwingert is a legally registered single vineyard (Einzellage) in the municipality and cadastral district of Brodenbach in the Mosel
Relief and soil
Neuwingert is farmed as a steep-slope vineyard. Local wine-growing businesses describe the areas belonging to Neuwingert in Brodenbach as completely steep. The vineyard slopes around Brodenbach reach inclinations of up to 65 degrees. The documented soil type is slate-weathering soil.
Grape varieties and wines
In Neuwingert, Riesling is cultivated as a field-grown vineyard and is given by local producers as the most important grape variety. One estate also documents Spätburgunder on its plots, which include Neuwingert. Bottled Riesling wines from the Brodenbacher Neuwingert are also evidenced.
Historical context
Vineyard sites in Brodenbach were documented in the early 15th century as property of the Lordship of Ehrenberg. A lease agreement from the late 17th century recorded approximately 60,000 vines there. After severe frost damage in the mid-1950s, many vineyards in the side valleys were abandoned. Following the introduction of the designation rules in German wine law, Neuwingert remained, according to municipal representation, the only Brodenbach vineyard site that was mentioned on Brodenbach wine labels.
