Alsace grand cru Sonnenglanz

Alsace grand cru Sonnenglanz is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 32.7 ha in Beblenheim. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 9.3 km north of Colmar and 56 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

32.7 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

0.87 × 0.58 km

Centre

48.1617° N, 7.3225° 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

9.3 km north of Colmar

Nearest city

56 km south-west of Strasbourg 274,845 people

To the sea

429 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

218–273 m

Mean elevation

248 m

Mean slope

6.0° (11 %)

Steepest tenth

above 9°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 32,625 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Mixed sedimentary rocks53%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)47%

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

Communes · 1

• Beblenheim

Sources

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