Location and classification
Sauschwänzel is a legally designated single vineyard in Billigheim-Ingenheim in the wine-growing region of Southern Wine Route in the Palatinate. It belongs to the large-scale vineyard of Kloster Liebfrauenberg.
Soils
The wine-growing site is characterised by light silt and clayey loam soils, which are associated with loess deposits. For these soils, a high content of lime and nutrients, as well as good water supply, are described.
Documented wines
From the Billigheimer Sauschwänzel, beerenauslese wines made from Riesling and Ortega are documented. In addition, a semi-dry Spätburgunder Weißherbst from the site has been described. A Riesling beerenauslese was fermented in a stainless-steel tank.
