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Appellation

Muenchberg

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Grand cruAOPWhite

Alsace › Alsace Grand Cru · Recognised on 17 December 1992

  1. Grand cru
  2. Regional

Key points

  1. Commune: Nothalten (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 crescent-shaped slope sheltered by the Ungersberg
  • Soils: Volcanic-detrital conglomerate and breccia
  • Water: Poor, free-draining soil that warms quickly

Wine style

  • great aromatic power
  • finesse
  • persistence
  • minerality with age

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

"Alsace grand cru Muenchberg" is one of the fifty-one "Alsace grand cru" appellations, in the commune of Nothalten (Bas-Rhin), recognised in 1992. Cradled in a crescent-shaped slope, sheltered from west winds and rain by the Ungersberg, Muenchberg sits on conglomerate and breccia of volcanic-detrital origin, giving poor, fast-draining, quick-warming soils.

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