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Appellation

Altenberg de Bergheim

Identity card

Grand cruAOPWhite

Alsace › Alsace Grand Cru · Recognised on 23 November 1983

  1. Grand cru
  2. Regional

Key points

  1. Commune: Bergheim (Haut-Rhin).
  2. Minimum natural alcohol: 14%; 12% for a Riesling on its own.
  3. No enrichment; at least 5,500 vines/ha for vines planted since 26 March 2005.

Grape varieties

White wine onlyRiesling

Riesling · 50 to 70% of the holding's vines

Gewurztraminer · 10 to 25% of the holding's vines

Pinot Gris · 10 to 25% of the holding's vines

Or a single variety; a blend holds all three, pressed together

Vines planted before 26 March 2005: Chasselas, Muscats, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir (≤ 10%)

Production rules

  • 50

    hl/ha

    Maximum yield

  • 5,500

    vines/ha

    Minimum planting density

Minimum ageing: At least until 1 November of the year after the harvest

Terroir

  • Aspect: The Grasberg hill, facing mainly south
  • Soils: Red, fine, stony clay-limestone soils rich in marl
  • Climate: Sheltered from north and west winds; low rainfall

Wine style

  • reserved on the attack
  • broad on the palate
  • fruity acidity
  • very long ageing

Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence

"Alsace grand cru Altenberg de Bergheim" is one of the fifty-one "Alsace grand cru" appellations, in the commune of Bergheim (Haut-Rhin), recognised in 1983. Opening out from the small, closed Bergenbach valley, this site faces due south on red, fine, stony clay-limestone-sandstone soils rich in marl, sheltered from north winds by the Altenberg ridge and from west winds by the Taennchel massif.

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