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Alsace Coteaux du Haut Koenigsbourg

Sub-zone

Alsace Coteaux du Haut Koenigsbourg is a named sub-zone of Alsace in France, covering 126.1 ha across 4 communes. That is 0.6% of the Alsace appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks. It lies 5.2 km west of Sélestat and 18 km north of Colmar.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Alsace
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
126.1 ha
Separate plots
34
Extent N–S × E–W
4.08 × 1.79 km
Centre
48.2445° N, 7.3842° E

Where it is

Nearest town
5.2 km west of Sélestat
Nearest city
18 km north of Colmar 65,405 people
To the sea
437 km
Rivers nearby
Ill (5.3 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation
198–331 m
Mean elevation
245 m
Mean slope
8.6° (15 %)
Steepest tenth
above 16°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 32,232 elevation cells of about 6 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

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

Communes · 4

Sources

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

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