Location and landscape
Sauberg is a named vineyard area in the municipality of Ötisheim in Württemberg. The vineyards lie near the Ötisheim district of Schönenberg and at the foot of the Ötisheimer Sauberg. The municipality describes the site as climatically balanced and as being to its advantage.
Soils and relief
In the northern and north-eastern municipal area, the Sauberg includes steep slopes in connection with the Keuper sandstone level. The vineyards are described as having soils formed from the weathering of sandstone and marl.
Vines and wine
On the Sauberg, among other varieties, Lemberger, Trollinger, Riesling, Solaris, Regent and Reberger are grown. A 2024 Riesling with the designation „Ötisheimer Sauberg“ is documented as a dry German quality wine with 11.2% alcohol and 3.9 g/l residual sugar. Weingut Jaggy cultivates an area of about six hectares of vines there, according to its own information.
Cultivation and history
Measures used on the Sauberg areas include biological pest control, promoting beneficial insects in a manner that is friendly to plant protection, cover cropping, compost, wheat seed, the use of vine pruning chippings, regular soil analyses and targeted yield regulation. The name Sauberg is already attested on a cadastral map from 1835. In addition, the municipality documents there historical defensive structures of the Eppinger Lines from the years 1695 to 1697.
