Alsace Vallée Noble

Alsace Vallée Noble is a named sub-zone of Alsace in France, covering 161.1 ha in Soultzmatt and Westhalten. That is 0.8% of the Alsace appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 6.2 km north-east of Guebwiller and 15 km south-west of Colmar.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Alsace

Category

Vin de sélection de grains nobles, Vin de vendanges tardives, Vin tranquille

Area

161.1 ha

Separate plots

71

Extent N–S × E–W

2.09 × 2.51 km

Centre

47.9617° N, 7.2501° E

Where it is

Nearest town

6.2 km north-east of Guebwiller

Nearest city

15 km south-west of Colmar 65,405 people

To the sea

409 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

242–461 m

Mean elevation

345 m

Mean slope

14.8° (26 %)

Steepest tenth

above 22°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 41,531 elevation cells of about 6 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)83%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)17%

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

Communes · 2

• Soultzmatt
• Westhalten

Sources

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