Alsace grand cru Altenberg de Bergbieten

Alsace grand cru Altenberg de Bergbieten is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 28.8 ha in Bergbieten. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 5.4 km north of Molsheim and 21 km west of Strasbourg.

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

28.8 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

0.72 × 0.8 km

Centre

48.5850° N, 7.4620° 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

5.4 km north of Molsheim

Nearest city

21 km west of Strasbourg 274,845 people

To the sea

374 km

Same latitude

Vancouver Island (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

207–268 m

Mean elevation

236 m

Mean slope

6.6° (12 %)

Steepest tenth

above 11°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 29,166 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Mixed sedimentary rocks100%

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

Communes · 1

• Bergbieten

Sources

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