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Appellation

Saering

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Grand cruAOPWhite

Alsace › Alsace Grand Cru · Recognised on 23 November 1983

  1. Grand cru
  2. Regional

Key points

  1. Commune: Guebwiller (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

  • Lie of the land: A limestone mound
  • Soils: Conglomerate with sandstone pebbles, granite debris
  • Soils: Marl-sand soil full of stones

Wine style

  • pronounced saltiness
  • driving acidity
  • longevity

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

"Alsace grand cru Saering" is one of the fifty-one "Alsace grand cru" appellations, in the commune of Guebwiller (Haut-Rhin), recognised in 1983. This grand cru forms a limestone knoll capped by Buntsandstein sandy-pebble conglomerate and granite debris, with the limestone bedrock occasionally breaking the surface; the marl-sand soil is thickly strewn with stones.

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