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Appellation

Frankstein

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Grand cruAOPWhite

Alsace › Alsace Grand Cru · Recognised on 17 December 1992

  1. Grand cru
  2. Regional

Key points

  1. Recorded as early as 1291, according to Médard Barth (1958).
  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

  • Soils: Two-mica granite: light, stony, sandy soil
  • Water: Free-draining soil; roots reach into the rock

Wine style

  • mouth-watering minerality
  • very straight acidity
  • minty notes
  • open up after some years

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

"Alsace grand cru Frankstein" is one of the fifty-one "Alsace grand cru" appellations, in the commune of Dambach-la-Ville (Bas-Rhin), recognised in 1992. The light, stony, sandy two-mica granite soil stores heat and lets water drain through, forcing the vine to push its roots into cracks in the rock in search of water and minerals.

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