Alsace grand cru Kirchberg de Barr

Alsace grand cru Kirchberg de Barr is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 41 ha in Barr. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies around the town of Barr and 29 km south-west of Strasbourg.

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

41 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

0.7 × 1.14 km

Centre

48.4107° N, 7.4476° 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

around the town of Barr

Nearest city

29 km south-west of Strasbourg 274,845 people

To the sea

433 km

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

215–346 m

Mean elevation

277 m

Mean slope

14.8° (26 %)

Steepest tenth

above 21°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 41,162 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Mixed sedimentary rocks47%
• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)27%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)10%

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

Communes · 1

• Barr

Sources

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