Alsace grand cru Kirchberg de Ribeauvillé

Alsace grand cru Kirchberg de Ribeauvillé is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 10.9 ha in Ribeauville. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 13 km north of Colmar and 53 km south-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

10.9 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

0.48 × 0.4 km

Centre

48.1984° N, 7.3210° 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

13 km north of Colmar

Nearest city

53 km south-west of Strasbourg 274,845 people

To the sea

433 km

Same latitude

Puget Sound (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

258–360 m

Mean elevation

326 m

Mean slope

11.0° (19 %)

Steepest tenth

above 19°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 10,943 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)55%
• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)45%

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

Communes · 1

• Ribeauville

Neighbours

• Alsace grand cru Geisberg
• Alsace grand cru Osterberg

Sources

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