Alsace grand cru Praelatenberg

Alsace grand cru Praelatenberg is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 19.4 ha in Kintzheim. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks. It lies 5.3 km west of Sélestat and 18 km north of Colmar.

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

19.4 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

0.75 × 0.67 km

Centre

48.2461° N, 7.3812° 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

5.3 km west of Sélestat

Nearest city

18 km north of Colmar 65,405 people

To the sea

437 km

Rivers nearby

Ill (5.6 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

244–331 m

Mean elevation

276 m

Mean slope

13.9° (25 %)

Steepest tenth

above 19°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 19,385 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)54%
• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)27%
• Unconsolidated sediments19%

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

Communes · 1

• Kintzheim

Sources

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