Sehndorfer Marienberg

Sehndorfer Marienberg is an officially registered single vineyard in Sehndorf, a district of Perl in the Mosel wine-growing region. The site belongs to the Moseltor area and to the Großlage Schloss Bübingen. It lies on the slopes above Sehndorf, which is located at the foot of Marienberg. The officially recorded vineyard area was 30.80 hectares as of 31 July 2024.

The Perl-Obermosel wine-growing area is characterised by moderately cold winters, not extreme summer temperatures, and generally favourable conditions for viticulture. A documented soil profile of Sehndorfer Marienberg shows around 80 centimetres of darker topsoil over comparatively nutrient-poor Muschelkalk. The vineyard site is also linked with Muschelkalk and Keuper formations in the Perl-Sehndorf wine-growing area.

For Sehndorfer Marienberg, Grauburgunder, Spätburgunder and Chardonnay are documented. In addition, the main grape varieties grown in Marienberg and the nearby Sehndorf vineyards include Auxerrois, Weißburgunder and Elbling. A Grauburgunder was marketed as Mosel German Prädikatswein Spätlese with 13.0 percent alcohol, 7.9 grams of residual sugar per litre and 4.2 grams of total acidity per litre. A Spätburgunder from a plot of the site was offered as Mosel German Prädikatswein with 14.5 percent alcohol, 1.0 gram of residual sugar per litre and 6.1 grams of total acidity per litre.

A vineyard manager for plots in Sehndorfer Marienberg documents organic cultivation, permanent ground cover, measures to promote biodiversity, and grazing in winter by sheep. A Spätburgunder from the 2018 vintage ripened for 35 months in barriques. A Chardonnay plot in the middle part of Marienberg was planted in 2018; the subsequent maturation after fermentation took place for ten months in barrique.

Viticulture in the Perl-Obermosel area is documented as far back as Roman times. Sehndorfer Marienberg lies within the protected Saarland geographical designation for the Mosel wine origin.