Alsace grand cru Schoenenbourg

Alsace grand cru Schoenenbourg is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 52.9 ha in Riquewihr and Zellenberg. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 10 km north of Colmar and 57 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

52.9 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

0.64 × 1.62 km

Centre

48.1686° N, 7.3045° 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

10 km north of Colmar

Nearest city

57 km south-west of Strasbourg 274,845 people

To the sea

430 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

268–375 m

Mean elevation

309 m

Mean slope

10.4° (18 %)

Steepest tenth

above 17°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 52,666 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)48%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)43%

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

Communes · 2

• Riquewihr
• Zellenberg

Sources

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