Alsace grand cru Wineck-Schlossberg

Alsace grand cru Wineck-Schlossberg is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 27.6 ha in Ammerschwihr and Katzenthal. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks. It lies 6.6 km north-west of Colmar and 45 km north-west of Freiburg.

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

27.6 ha

Separate plots

4

Extent N–S × E–W

0.52 × 0.86 km

Centre

48.1103° N, 7.2781° 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

6.6 km north-west of Colmar

Nearest city

45 km north-west of Freiburg 237,460 people

To the sea

425 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

260–412 m

Mean elevation

330 m

Mean slope

16.7° (30 %)

Steepest tenth

above 24°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 27,490 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)50%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)30%
• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)20%

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

Communes · 2

• Ammerschwihr
• Katzenthal

Neighbours

• Alsace grand cru Kaefferkopf

Sources

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