Alsace grand cru Brand

Alsace grand cru Brand is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 56.7 ha in Turckheim. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks. It lies 2.2 km north of Wintzenheim and 6 km north-west 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

56.7 ha

Separate plots

11

Extent N–S × E–W

1.0 × 1.17 km

Centre

48.0917° N, 7.2811° 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

2.2 km north of Wintzenheim

Nearest city

6 km north-west of Colmar 65,405 people

To the sea

423 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

235–398 m

Mean elevation

301 m

Mean slope

16.4° (29 %)

Steepest tenth

above 24°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 56,660 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)54%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks20%
• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)20%

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

Communes · 1

• Turckheim

Sources

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