Ölberg-Hart
Königsbach
VDP. GREAT LOCATION®
The heart of the Ölberg vineyard, the Hart, is located around the Ölberg chapel and is classified as a VDP.GROSSE LAGE®. The soil is characterized by very heavy tertiary calcareous marl, the so-called terra fusca. In the topsoil it is mixed with red sandstone rubble. The vineyard is located high up on the edge of the Haard, at the end of the Klausental of the Pfälzerwald. As a result, it gets the sun early in the morning and in the evening it is just as early in the shade of the mountains and in a nightly stream of cool air from the valley. From the Ölberg, the oldest part of the Gewann Hart, we produced our auction wine “Kapelle” for a long time. Since 2020, we have been pressing the VDP.GROSSE GEWÄCHS® Ölberg-Hart from the entire vineyard.
A fantastic wine. Slightly reductive, long and cool.

“Ripe and concentrated yet also cool and precise, this is packed with stone fruit and mandarin orange aromas. There’s also tarragon freshness that deftly lifts the compact, medium- to full-bodied palate.”
James Suckling (96 points)
Classification: 6 ha, VDP.GROSSE LAGE®
Area in the vineyard: 0.8 ha
Orientation: east-southeast
Altitude: 178-197 m
Slope: 10%
Soil: Terra Fusca – Tertiary limestone
Year of planting: 1986
Harvest: 100% selective hand-picking into small crates
Maturation: spontaneous fermentation in large wooden barrels
Harvested: September 20 and 21, 2024
Bottled: July 2025
Alcohol: 12.0%
Harvested: September 26, 2023
Bottled: July 2024
Alcohol: 12.0%
Harvested: September 22 and 24, 2022
Bottled: July 2023
Alcohol: 12.0%
Harvested: October 11, 2021
Bottled: July 2022
Alcohol: 12.5%
Harvested: September 15 and 18, 2020
Bottled: June 2021
Alcohol: 12.5%