France · Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Alsace Wolxheim

Sub-zone

Alsace Wolxheim is a named sub-zone of Alsace in France, covering 64.1 ha in Dahlenheim and Wolxheim. That is 0.3% of the Alsace appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 3.6 km north-east of Molsheim and 18 km west of Strasbourg.

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Key facts

Type: Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within: Alsace
Category: Vin de sélection de grains nobles, Vin de vendanges tardives, Vin tranquille
Area: 64.1 ha
Separate plots: 19
Extent N–S × E–W: 1.22 × 1.58 km
Centre: 48.5712° N, 7.5083° E

Where it is

Nearest town: 3.6 km north-east of Molsheim
Nearest city: 18 km west of Strasbourg 274,845 people
To the sea: 378 km

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

Terrain

Elevation: 169–291 m
Mean elevation: 215 m
Mean slope: 8.7° (15 %)
Steepest tenth: above 14°
Faces: south

Measured over the whole outline on 65,533 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)68%
Mixed sedimentary rocks18%
Unconsolidated sediments13%

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

Communes · 2

Dahlenheim
Wolxheim

Sources

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

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