Alsace Côtes de Barr

Alsace Côtes de Barr is a named sub-zone of Alsace in France, covering 49.4 ha in Barr. That is 0.2% of the Alsace appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks. It lies around the town of Barr and 29 km south-west of Strasbourg.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Alsace

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

49.4 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

0.74 × 1.24 km

Centre

48.4118° N, 7.4433° E

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Barr

Nearest city

29 km south-west of Strasbourg 274,845 people

To the sea

432 km

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

215–361 m

Mean elevation

284 m

Mean slope

13.9° (25 %)

Steepest tenth

above 20°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 50,138 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)50%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks27%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)12%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 1

• Barr

Sources

INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)