Location and classification
Ritterberg is a legally registered single vineyard in the cadastral district Schornsheim. It belongs to the Großlage Domherr and to the Nierstein area in the wine-growing region Rheinhessen. The registered identification number is 720217. As the name of the single vineyard, Ritterberg is registered in the register of wine-growing sites for use as a more precise geographical indication.
Soil and vineyard area
The soil consists of loess over pararendzina. The profile is deep, loamy and calcareous, with clayey silt, a high level of water storage available to plants, good aeration and root penetration, as well as high fertility. In the vineyard holdings register 2024, 90.3 hectares were recorded as under vines.
Wines and history
Documented are Kerner and Sieger grape varieties as Spätlese, as well as Pinot Noir as an Auslese, dry. The Hofgut Ebling estate produced Pinot Noir under its Hofgut Edition, whose wines are made from selected sites separately. Historically, the site was documented in 1422 as “über den riderberg” and in 1483 as “uff dem rodirberg”.
