Weingut Rudi Pichler

The soils of the higher-elevation, steeply inclined parcel Hochrain- Ralais of fer an impressive contrast to the loess soils at the foot of the slope, with respect to their geologic/pedologic contrasts in subsoil. Here the dominant feature is paragneiss with a far lesser degree of weathering than is the case with the Wösendor f Slide Mass of the Kollmütz. The soils, colluvially- relocated shallow Regosols display

a very sandy texture and are vir tually free of carbonates.

Hochrain-Ralais