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Appellation

Kaefferkopf

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Grand cruAOPWhite

Alsace › Alsace Grand Cru · Recognised on 12 January 2007

  1. Grand cru
  2. Regional

Key points

  1. Recognised in 2007, the last of the 51; blending is its historic custom.
  2. Minimum natural alcohol: 12.5% (Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris), 11% (Riesling).
  3. Blends: at least 12% natural alcohol.

Grape varieties

White wine onlyGewurztraminer

ComplementaryRiesling

Accessory varieties: Pinot Gris, Muscat à Petits Grains, Muscat Ottonel

Gewurztraminer · 60 to 80% of the holding's vines

Riesling · 10 to 40% of the holding's vines

Pinot Gris · 30% at most of the holding's vines

Muscat à Petits Grains, Muscat Ottonel · 10% at most of the holding's vines

Or a single variety: Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris or Riesling

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: Six hills ("Kopf") above Ammerschwihr
  • Aspect: Facing south-east; a cool site, slow ripening
  • Soils: Deep brown soils rich in calcium and magnesium

Wine style

  • powerful
  • firmly built
  • fleshy
  • fresh
  • saline finish

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

"Alsace grand cru Kaefferkopf" is one of the fifty-one "Alsace grand cru" appellations, in the commune of Ammerschwihr (Haut-Rhin), recognised in 2007, the most recent of the fifty-one. Facing south-east on the six "Kopf" hills overlooking Ammerschwihr, on deep brown soils saturated with calcium and magnesium; with Altenberg de Bergheim, it is one of only two designations that allow a blend of different grapes beyond the muscats alone — led here by Gewurztraminer.

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