Alsace grand cru Furstentum

Alsace grand cru Furstentum is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 30.3 ha in Kaysersberg Vignoble. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 8.4 km north of Colmar and 44 km north-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

30.3 ha

Separate plots

3

Extent N–S × E–W

0.61 × 0.99 km

Centre

48.1448° N, 7.2970° 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

8.4 km north of Colmar

Nearest city

44 km north-west of Freiburg 237,460 people

To the sea

428 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

294–394 m

Mean elevation

337 m

Mean slope

13.2° (23 %)

Steepest tenth

above 18°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 30,090 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)52%
• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)27%
• Unconsolidated sediments22%

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

Communes · 1

• Kaysersberg Vignoble

Sources

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