Alsace grand cru Steinert

Alsace grand cru Steinert is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 38.8 ha in Pfaffenheim and Westhalten. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 9.3 km north-east of Guebwiller and 12 km south-west 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

2011-12-07

Area

38.8 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

0.82 × 0.66 km

Centre

47.9806° N, 7.2808° 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-east of Guebwiller

Nearest city

12 km south-west of Colmar 65,405 people

To the sea

411 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

246–356 m

Mean elevation

292 m

Mean slope

9.3° (16 %)

Steepest tenth

above 14°

Faces

east

Measured over the whole outline on 38,330 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)80%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks12%

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

Communes · 2

• Pfaffenheim
• Westhalten

Sources

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