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Appellation

Pfingstberg

Identity card

Grand cruAOPWhite

Alsace › Alsace Grand Cru · Recognised on 17 December 1992

  1. Grand cru
  2. Regional

Key points

  1. Commune: Orschwihr (Haut-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

  • Soils: Micaceous sandstone above, shelly sandstone below
  • Water: Hilltop forest: a steady water supply
  • Climate: The forest tempers climatic swings

Wine style

  • breadth
  • aromatic complexity
  • power
  • harmony

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

"Alsace grand cru Pfingstberg" is one of the fifty-one "Alsace grand cru" appellations, in the commune of Orschwihr (Haut-Rhin), recognised in 1992. Micaceous Buntsandstein sandstone caps the top of the slope, shelly Muschelkalk limestone-sandstone its base; the forest crowning Pfingstberg keeps water supply steady and tempers climatic swings.

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