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Horn

Single location in the municipality of Ingelheim (Bingen area) in the German Rheinhessen growing region. The name refers to the geographical condition. Horn" is the name of a district which is characterised by terrain and rocky outcrops. The neighbouring areas look more like hollows, while the "Horn" is a small elevation. The south-southwest-facing vineyards, with a slope gradient of 5 to 10%, cover 21 hectares of vineyards on fossil shell limestone with loess and sandy loam with good water-retention capacity, where the varieties cultivated include Riesling,Pinot Blanc and PinotNoir. The vineyards Gräff-Schmitt and J. Neus, for example, have a share in the site. There is another single vineyard called Horn in the community of Wachenheim (Rheinhessen).