Hackenheimer Kirchberg

Up to the chapel

A striking silhouette and a chapel on top: a Catholic church once stood on the Kirchberg. In memory of this, the people of Hackenheim have erected a chapel there, the Michaelskapelle. Saint Michael is the local church patron saint. Once a year, the local community celebrates its wine festival up there. Yes, people are allowed to dance! A wide variety of vines grow on clay marl. However, the name is apparently not based on the former Catholic church, but on the southern location to the Hackenheim church in the village.

> Discover the single vineyard at the wine festival "Rendezvous am Kapellsche": http://rendezvous-am-kapellsche.de/
> On the photos: a wayside cross from 1975, renewed in 1992.

facts and figures

sub-region:: Bingen
collective vineyard site:: Rheingrafenstein
single vineyard site:: Kirchberg
village:: Hackenheim

soil types

Marl / pelosol

Lime-rich clayey deposits of the teritary sea

Deep, calcareous clay soil with a high proportion of swellable clay, lower storage capacity for soil water available to plants, limited water permeability and ventilation, nutrient-rich, very calcareous, moderate warmability, difficult to root through

Full-bodied, dense, rich, moderate acidity, creamy enamel. Expressive, ripe, mango, apricot, honeydew melon, apricot. Less minerality, more fruity, full-bodied sustainability

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