MEHRINGER BLATTENBERG
The name 'Blattenberg' refers to the nearby Prüm abbey of the Eifel mountains, still owners of vineyards here, and is derived from the Latin abbate plantare or the 'abbot's planting'. This was the best vineyard for the abbey and reserved for its prelate.
A gift from the Archbishop of Trier brought the parcel into the hands of the former Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium, a charitable organization, which in turn was purchased by Daniela Weis' family upon the dissolution of the charity.
The Blattenberg is Mehring's finest vineyard site and, before the 1971 wine law revision, possessed the single-vineyard assignation layet (the old German word for 'slate'). Benefiting from its full exposure to sun and wind, the Blattenberg rests upon soils composed of bright blue slate with layers of quartz folded within. The Mosel River is very wide as it meanders through Mehring and so radiates a greater warmth to the nearby vineyards.
The off dry wines from the "Mehringer Blattenberg" vineyard are powerful, spicy and refined.
Mosel (Middle) Vineyards
> Leiwener Laurentiuslay
> Piesporter Goldtröpfchen
> Mehringer Blattenberg
Saar Vineyards
> Ockfener Bockstein
> Schodener Saarfeilser Marienberg
> Wiltinger Schlangengraben
