Alsace grand cru Vorbourg

Alsace grand cru Vorbourg is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 72.3 ha in Rouffach and Westhalten. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 6.9 km east of Guebwiller and 16 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

1999-02-19

Area

72.3 ha

Separate plots

7

Extent N–S × E–W

1.94 × 1.43 km

Centre

47.9503° N, 7.2778° 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

6.9 km east of Guebwiller

Nearest city

16 km south-west of Colmar 65,405 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

217–318 m

Mean elevation

268 m

Mean slope

11.5° (20 %)

Steepest tenth

above 19°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 71,859 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Mixed sedimentary rocks58%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)31%
• Unconsolidated sediments12%

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

Communes · 2

• Rouffach
• Westhalten

Sources

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