Alsace grand cru Altenberg de Wolxheim

Alsace grand cru Altenberg de Wolxheim is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 32.2 ha in Wolxheim. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 3.8 km north-east of Molsheim and 18 km west of Strasbourg.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin de sélection de grains nobles, Vin de vendanges tardives, Vin tranquille

Protected since

1999-02-19

Area

32.2 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

0.91 × 1.05 km

Centre

48.5730° N, 7.5076° E

Grapes

Gewürztraminer, Muscat Ottonel, Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs, Muscat À Petits Grains Roses, Pinot Gris, Riesling

Max yield

66 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,500 vines/ha

INAO office

Colmar

Where it is

Nearest town

3.8 km north-east of Molsheim

Nearest city

18 km west of Strasbourg 274,845 people

To the sea

378 km

Same latitude

Vancouver Island (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

175–272 m

Mean elevation

206 m

Mean slope

9.1° (16 %)

Steepest tenth

above 15°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 32,601 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)73%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks22%

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

Communes · 1

• Wolxheim

Sources

EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)