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Alsace Rodern

Sub-zone

Alsace Rodern is a named sub-zone of Alsace in France, covering 33.5 ha in Rodern and Saint-Hippolyte. That is 0.2% of the Alsace appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks. It lies 7.8 km west of Sélestat and 16 km north of Colmar.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Alsace
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
33.5 ha
Separate plots
2
Extent N–S × E–W
0.76 × 1.2 km
Centre
48.2277° N, 7.3564° E

Where it is

Nearest town
7.8 km west of Sélestat
Nearest city
16 km north of Colmar 65,405 people
To the sea
436 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
238–373 m
Mean elevation
291 m
Mean slope
10.3° (18 %)
Steepest tenth
above 18°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 34,152 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

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

Communes · 2

Sources

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

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