Alsace grand cru Eichberg

Alsace grand cru Eichberg is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 59.2 ha in Eguisheim. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 6.3 km south-west of Colmar and 41 km west of Freiburg.

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

59.2 ha

Separate plots

11

Extent N–S × E–W

1.25 × 1.79 km

Centre

48.0374° N, 7.3005° 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

6.3 km south-west of Colmar

Nearest city

41 km west of Freiburg 237,460 people

To the sea

416 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

220–357 m

Mean elevation

282 m

Mean slope

5.7° (10 %)

Steepest tenth

above 9°

Faces

east

Measured over the whole outline on 58,994 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Mixed sedimentary rocks66%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)17%

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

Communes · 1

• Eguisheim

Neighbours

• Alsace grand cru Pfersigberg

Sources

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