Alsace grand cru Froehn

Alsace grand cru Froehn is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 14.3 ha in Zellenberg. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 9.9 km north of Colmar and 56 km south-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

14.3 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

0.54 × 0.64 km

Centre

48.1667° N, 7.3208° 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

9.9 km north of Colmar

Nearest city

56 km south-west of Strasbourg 274,845 people

To the sea

430 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

252–301 m

Mean elevation

269 m

Mean slope

9.2° (16 %)

Steepest tenth

above 17°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 14,483 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)67%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks25%

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

Communes · 1

• Zellenberg

Sources

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