Alsace grand cru Ollwiller

Alsace grand cru Ollwiller is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 34.4 ha in Wuenheim. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 5.4 km south of Guebwiller and 16 km north-west of Mulhouse.

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

34.4 ha

Separate plots

2

Extent N–S × E–W

0.63 × 1.38 km

Centre

47.8685° N, 7.2045° 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

5.4 km south of Guebwiller

Nearest city

16 km north-west of Mulhouse 111,430 people

To the sea

402 km

Same latitude

Lake Chelan (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

279–341 m

Mean elevation

305 m

Mean slope

8.5° (15 %)

Steepest tenth

above 13°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 33,911 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Mixed sedimentary rocks57%
• Unconsolidated sediments38%

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

Communes · 1

• Wuenheim

Sources

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