Alsace grand cru Gloeckelberg

Alsace grand cru Gloeckelberg is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 22.5 ha in Rodern and Saint-Hippolyte. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 8.3 km west of Sélestat and 16 km north 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

22.5 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

0.39 × 1.05 km

Centre

48.2289° N, 7.3479° 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

8.3 km west of Sélestat

Nearest city

16 km north of Colmar 65,405 people

To the sea

436 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

250–373 m

Mean elevation

299 m

Mean slope

11.2° (20 %)

Steepest tenth

above 20°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 22,441 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)53%
• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)45%

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

Communes · 2

• Rodern
• Saint-Hippolyte

Sources

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