The south-southeast-facing site was already discovered by the Romans for viticulture. The Benedictines of the Wigoldesberg monastery already considered the site to be one of the best vineyard locations in Kraichgau. In 1748, the then master cooper Johannes Emmerich built St. Michael's Chapel, which still gives the site its name, at the highest point. The vineyard lies above the village of Eichelberg on a ridge crowned by mixed beech and oak forest. The special feature of the soil is the 160 million year old Stubensandstein volcanic rock that only occurs there. The high proportion of sandstone results in a very barren soil.
