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Appellation

Hengst

Identity card

Grand cruAOPWhiteRed

Alsace › Alsace Grand Cru · Recognised on 23 November 1983

  1. Grand cru
  2. Regional

Key points

  1. Red Pinot Noir recognised in 2022; the white since 1983.
  2. White: min. 12.5% natural alcohol (Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris), 11% (others).
  3. Red: at least 12.5% natural alcohol, 40 hl/ha at most, no enrichment.

Grape varieties

White

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

Red

Allowed varieties

Pinot Noir

At least 5,500 vines/ha for the red

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 slender ridge in the commune of Wintzenheim
  • Soils: Deep, stony soil of conglomerate and marl

Wine style

  • White
  • solid and firmly built
  • powerful
  • ripe acidity on the finish
  • Red
  • ruby red
  • red fruit and spice
  • silky tannins
  • very long ageing

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

"Alsace grand cru Hengst" is one of the fifty-one "Alsace grand cru" appellations, in the commune of Wintzenheim (Haut-Rhin), recognised in 1983. Set on a slender ridge in the commune of Wintzenheim, on a deep, stony soil of Oligocene conglomerate and limestone marl, Hengst is one of three grands crus — with Vorbourg and Kirchberg de Barr — that allow a red Pinot Noir wine alongside the white, recognised here in 2022.

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