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Appellation

Schlossberg

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Grand cruAOPWhite

Alsace › Alsace Grand Cru · Recognised on 20 November 1975

  1. Grand cru
  2. Regional

Key points

  1. The first Alsace grand cru to be recognised, by the decree of 20 November 1975.
  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: Light, acid soils weathered from migmatite and granite
  • Lie of the land: A warm, sunny slope in the Vosges foothills
  • Climate: Breezes from the Kaysersberg valley; sheltered by the Vosges

Wine style

  • floral aromas
  • freshness
  • minerality with age
  • long finish

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

"Alsace grand cru Schlossberg" is one of the fifty-one "Alsace grand cru" appellations, in the commune of Kaysersberg Vignoble (Haut-Rhin), recognised in 1975. The first Alsace grand cru ever recognised, by the decree of 20 November 1975: the warm, sun-drenched slope, ventilated from the Kaysersberg valley, sits on acidic soils formed from migmatite and granite.

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