Vineyard · Franken

Wutschenberg

Location and Classification

Wutschenberg is a vineyard site in Kleinlangheim in the Schwanberger Land area. It belongs to the Großlage Rödelseer Schloßberg in the Franconian wine-growing region.

Climate and Geology

The Kleinlangheim site of Wutschenberg is assigned to the Maingau climate zone. The vineyard faces south, has a slope of 10 to 15 percent, and lies on Keuper.

Area and Grape Varieties

For Wutschenberg, five hectares are given both in the area records from 1993 and from 2019. The most important grape varieties are Silvaner and Müller-Thurgau.

History and Cultivation

As part of the land consolidation, the vineyard site was created at the end of the 1960s with an area of about six hectares. Since the 1970s, wine has been marketed under the name Kleinlangheimer Wutschenberg. The winemaker Karl Schmidt cultivated two hectares there and, up until his retirement, partially pressed the wine himself.

Cities
Kleinlangheim
Region
Franken
Country
Deutschland

Selected wines

Wine from Deutschland