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Würzburg SteinPhoto: Deutsches Weininstitut
Würzburg Stein. With about 80 hectares of vineyards and a slope between 30 and 65 degrees, the Würzburg Stein is one of the larger single vineyard sites in Germany. It owes its current size to the German wine law of 1971. However, the Stein-Harfe, which is often referred to as the fillet piece, does not belong to the Stein in terms of wine law, but forms an independent single vineyard. In total, the Würzburg Stein consists of four parts. Since 2020, the original core site has been a protected designation of origin under European wine law as Würzburg Stein-Berg – a name that was already used in 1928. Contrary to the portrayal in various media, the Würzburg Stein by no means forms a contiguous vineyard area and therefore cannot claim the title of Germany's largest contiguous single vineyard. Würzburg Stein has been known for its outstanding quality since the Middle Ages. The last bottle of a Stein-Wein from the “millennium vintage” 1540 is still stored in the cellar of the Bürgerspital. It is probably the world's oldest surviving wine. However, the bottle does not contain Silvaner. This grape variety only arrived in Franconia in 1659. In 1665, the 42nd abbot of the Cistercian monastery Ebrach, Alberich Degen (1625-1686), planted Silvaner in the Würzburg Stein for the first time.