Location and classification
Sonne is an officially registered single vineyard in the municipality and cadastral district of Oberheimbach in the wine-growing region of Mittelrhein. It belongs to the Loreley area and to the Großlage Schloß Reichenstein. In the wine-growing sites register of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, the site is listed under number 320907. The planted vineyard area was 16.8 hectares in the 2024 register.
Climate and soils
The Oberheimbach vineyards including Sonne are assigned to a mild Rhine climate. The site is documented with a slope of 40 per cent. It is located comparatively high up and faces south-east. The soil recorded is weathered slate.
Grape variety and wine
At Sonne, Riesling is grown. Documented wines include Riesling Auslese in an noble-sweet style. A 2018 vintage shows 9.0 volume percent alcohol, 98.3 grams per litre residual sugar and 6.8 grams per litre acidity. For a Riesling Auslese from the 2006 vintage, 8.5 volume percent alcohol, 125 grams per litre residual sugar and 7.6 grams per litre total acidity are given.
Cultivation and maturation
A documented parcel was planted with about 30-year-old Riesling vines in 2006. A Riesling harvest from Sonne was selectively hand-picked in mid-October and brought in with a yield of 35 hectolitres per hectare. The grapes were transported in Bütten, gently pressed with a membrane press, pre-clarified, fermented with selected pure-bred yeasts and bottled after six months of maturation.
