Alsace grand cru Pfingstberg

Alsace grand cru Pfingstberg is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 26.7 ha in Orschwihr. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 3.8 km north-east of Guebwiller and 22 km north 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

26.7 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

0.87 × 0.72 km

Centre

47.9429° N, 7.2325° 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

3.8 km north-east of Guebwiller

Nearest city

22 km north of Mulhouse 111,430 people

To the sea

408 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

269–372 m

Mean elevation

313 m

Mean slope

12.5° (22 %)

Steepest tenth

above 19°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 26,484 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)88%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks12%

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

Communes · 1

• Orschwihr

Sources

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