Alsace Saint-Hippolyte

Alsace Saint-Hippolyte is a named sub-zone of Alsace in France, covering 115.3 ha in Orschwiller and Saint-Hippolyte. That is 0.6% of the Alsace appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks. It lies 7.4 km west of Sélestat and 17 km north of Colmar.

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

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Alsace

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

115.3 ha

Separate plots

2

Extent N–S × E–W

1.58 × 2.16 km

Centre

48.2357° N, 7.3575° E

Where it is

Nearest town

7.4 km west of Sélestat

Nearest city

17 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

225–366 m

Mean elevation

278 m

Mean slope

8.4° (15 %)

Steepest tenth

above 15°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 117,144 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)98%

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

Communes · 2

• Orschwiller
• Saint-Hippolyte

Sources

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