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Appellation

Altenberg de Wolxheim

Identity card

Grand cruAOPWhite

Alsace › Alsace Grand Cru · Recognised on 17 December 1992

  1. Grand cru
  2. Regional

Key points

  1. Commune: Wolxheim (Bas-Rhin).
  2. Minimum natural alcohol: 12.5% (Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris), 11% (others).
  3. Hand-harvested; bottling required in the Bas-Rhin or Haut-Rhin.

Grape varieties

White wine only

Allowed varieties

RieslingGewurztraminerPinot GrisMuscat à Petits GrainsMuscat Ottonel

One variety per wine; only the muscats may be blended together

Muscat à petits grains, white or pink

Production rules

  • 50

    hl/ha

    Maximum yield

  • 4,500

    vines/ha

    Minimum planting density

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

Terroir

  • Lie of the land: A south-facing amphitheatre round a limestone knoll
  • Climate: Hot, dry summers, sheltered from prevailing winds
  • Water: Deep marls keep the water supply steady

Wine style

  • power
  • rounded acidity
  • saline touch
  • ages beyond ten years

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

"Alsace grand cru Altenberg de Wolxheim" is one of the fifty-one "Alsace grand cru" appellations, in the commune of Wolxheim (Bas-Rhin), recognised in 1992. Built around a knob of oolitic limestone, this site forms a due-south amphitheatre sheltered from the prevailing and north-east winds, where deep marl gives the vines a steady water supply despite a hot, dry summer.

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