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Alsace Scherwiller

Sub-zone

Alsace Scherwiller is a named sub-zone of Alsace in France, covering 112.4 ha in Scherwiller. That is 0.6% of the Alsace appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 2.9 km north of Sélestat and 24 km north-east of Colmar.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Alsace
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
112.4 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
1.16 × 1.62 km
Centre
48.2874° N, 7.4428° E

Where it is

Nearest town
2.9 km north of Sélestat
Nearest city
24 km north-east of Colmar 65,405 people
To the sea
440 km
Rivers nearby
Ill (3.9 km)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
177–185 m
Mean elevation
181 m
Mean slope
0.6° (1 %)
Steepest tenth
above 1°
Faces
east

Measured over the whole outline on 113,096 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

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

Communes · 1

Sources

INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)

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