Alsace grand cru Hengst

Alsace grand cru Hengst is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 75.8 ha in Wintzenheim. The rules allow white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies next to Wintzenheim and 5 km west of Colmar.

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

75.8 ha The appellation rules give 75.78 ha. The INAO parcel layer of 31 August 2026 maps only 53.6 ha of it, so part of the grand cru is missing from the outline.

Extent N–S × E–W

0.89 × 0.93 km

Centre

48.0651° N, 7.2936° 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

next to Wintzenheim

Nearest city

5 km west of Colmar 65,405 people

To the sea

420 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

232–375 m

Mean elevation

297 m

Mean slope

11.6° (21 %)

Steepest tenth

above 18°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 53,516 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Mixed sedimentary rocks60%
• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)40%

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

Communes · 1

• Wintzenheim

Sources

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