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AOC alsace established and designated year

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Established in 1945 - designated in 1962

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Department of alsace

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Haut-rhin with capital colmar
Bas - rhin

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Where are located the most part of grand cru sites?

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haut - rhin

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Geographic influence

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Vosges mountain creating a rain shadow effect

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Climate of alsace

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semi - continental

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Best exposed vineyard

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south facing exposition to maximise sunlight

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Soil types of alsace

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Granite
Limestone
schist
clay
gravel
chalk
loess
Pink sandstone called grès de vosges
volcanic

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what is grès de vosges?

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pink sandstone

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Soil composition of mountain side

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Schist - granite - volcanic sediment

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soil composition of lower slopes

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limestone

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Soil composition of valley floor

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alluvial clay - gravel soil

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white grape variety

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Riesling (noble)
Pinot gris (noble)
Muscat (noble)
Gewurztraminer (noble)
Pinot blanc or Klevner
Auxerrois
chasselas
Sylvaner
Klevener de Heiligenstein

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Synonym of pinot blanc

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klevner

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synonym of chasselas

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gudetel

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type of muscat grapes

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Muscat blanc a petit grains
Muscat rosè a petit grains
Muscat ottonel

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Where can be planted klevener de heiligenstein

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Heiligenstein
Bourgheim
gertwiller
goxwiller
obernai

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red grape variety alsace AOP

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Pinot noir

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what can include a wine labelled “pinot”?

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can include any proportion of the related varities:
pinot noir
Pinot blanc
pinot gris
auxerrois

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define edelzwicker

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a blend of every type of grape planted in alsace
no vintage dated is needed

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define gentil

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superior designation of a blend containing min. 50% of the noble grape varieties

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subzones for blanc wine only

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Blienschwiller - Cotes de barr: sylvaner

Klevener de heiligenstein : savagnin rosè

Scherwiller - wolxheim : riesling

vallèe noble: gwt - riesling - pinot gris

val saint grègoire: auxerrois - pinot gris - pinot blanc

Coteaux du haut Koenigsbourg: riesling - gwt

Bergheim: gwt

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Subzones blanc and rouge

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cote de rouffach: gwt - riesling - pinot gris - pinot noir

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subzone rouge only

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ottrott - saint hyppolite - rodern: pinot noir

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Maximun yeald per hectar AOP

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80 hl/ha

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Maximun yeald per hectar geographical designation
72 hl/ha
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Maximun yeald per hectar lieu-dit
68 hl/ha
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Maximun yeald per hectar VT
55 hl/ha
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Maximun yeald per hectar SGN
40 hl/ha
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established year of alsace grand cru
1975 - region wide designation in 1983
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first grand cru and village of alsace
schlossberg in Kientzheim
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How many grand cru and in which year were promoted in the sec ond step?
25 grand cru in 1983
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How many grand cru were promoted and in which year in the third step?
25 in 1992
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which is the latest grand cru added and in which year?
Kaefferkopf - Located in Ammerschwir in 2007
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how many grand cru has alsace
51
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since which year every grand cru have his own AOP
2011
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list of grand cru where blending is possible
Altenberg de Bergheim (Bergheim/haut rhin): gwt-pinot gris-riesling Kaefferkopf (Ammerschwir/haut rhin): Gwt-riesling-pinot gris-muscat
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Historical grand cru for sylvaner
Zoztenberg (Mittelbrgheim/haurt rhin)
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List grand cru where pinot is permitted
hengst (wintzenheim/haut rhin) from 2022 Kirchberg de Barr (barr/haut rhin) from 2022 Vorbourg (Rouffach/haut rhin) from 2024
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Min. alcohol G.C riesling and muscat
11%
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Min. alcohol G.C pinot gris and gwt
12,5%
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Legal requirement for grand cru production
Hand harvested Intent to produce grand cru must be declared before march 1 of the harvest year wines must be bottled in "vin du rhin/flute d'alsace"
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grand cru of bas rhin
altenberg de bergbieten (bergbieten) Altenberg de Wolxheim (wolxheim) Engeleberg (dahlenheim) Frankenstein (dambach la ville) Moenchberg (andlau) Muenchberg (Nothalthen) Praelatenberg (Kintzenheim) southest of bas rhin Steinklotz (Marlenheim) Winzenberg (Blienschwiller) Bruderthal (Molsheim) Kirchberg de barr (barr) Wieselberg (andlau) Zotzenberg (mittelbergheim)
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Biggest grand cru
Schlossberg (kientzheim/kaysersberg) - 80.28 ha
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smallest grand cru
Kanzlerberg (bergheim) 3 ha
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northest grand cru
Steinklotz (Marlenheim)
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top producer in Altenberg de bergheim
Gustave lorentz Marcel deiss (field blend)
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top producer brand
Located in Turckheim Albert boxler - zind humbrecht
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top producer Geisberg
located in ribeauville Kientzler Trimbach (first time labelling a grand cru on the label from 2009)
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top producer Hatschbourg
Located in Hattstatt (haut rhin) Joseph cattin
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top producer karfferkopf
Located in Ammerschwir Meyer fonne - jean baptiste adam
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where clos st.june is producer?
Rosacker in Hunawihr from trimabach
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which are the two clos of rangen and name the producers
Clos st. Theobald (schoffit) Clos st. Urbain (Zind Humbrecht)
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SGN and VT established year
1984
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Min. sugar level VT
riesling/muscat 244 g/l pinot gris/gwt 270 g/l
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min. sugar level SGN
riesling/muscat 276 g/l pinot gris/gwt 306 g/l (highest amount residual sugar in france)
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fiest grand cru labelled by trimbach
geisberg in 2009
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SGN and VT requirements
chaptalization not allowed May not be released until 1 june of the second year following the harvest vin du rhine/flute d'alsace
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cremant d'alsace establish year
1976
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style and grapes of cremant d'alsace
Mousseaux blanc: pinot blanc, pinot noir, pinot gris, auxerrois or chardonnay mousseux rosè: pinot noir
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min aeging prior to release
9 months on the lees (12 months in total)
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min atmosphere pressure cremant
4 atm
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Region of Lorraine
Cote de Toul Moselle
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Principal variety of cote de toul and style
white: auxerrois and aubin red: pinot noir vin gris: gamay/p.n
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Principal variety of Moselle AOP
white: auxerrois min 70% red: pinot noir 100%
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