Location and classification
Probsteiberg is registered as a single vineyard site with the number 320311 in the wine-growing region Mittelrhein, Loreley area, and as part of the larger classified site Gedeonseck. The site belongs to the cadastral area of Hirzenach in the town of Boppard and forms part of the protected designation of origin Mittelrhein.
Vineyard areas and cultural landscape
Probsteiberg is described as a south-facing vineyard site above Hirzenach. In 2025, the official boundaries were revised; further parcels in the Boppard-Hirzenach area were included that lay within the current protected area. Historic vineyard walls along the path between Hirzenach and Probsteiberg document the previous cultivation.
Cultivation and wine
The vineyard register lists the vineyard area as the area of a single cultivator. For Probsteiberg, a land consolidation procedure is described that is intended to improve cultivation conditions; at the same time, it is home to the last still-cultivated vineyard parcels. A wine with the exact designation “Hirzenacher Probsteiberg” is classified as Riesling and dry.
