Alsace grand cru Moenchberg

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• The Vosges massif shields the vineyard from cool, moist north-westerly winds, creating a favourable mesoclimate on slopes oriented from east to south-west. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• The marly-sandstone soils, with their high stone content, provide good heat retention, aeration, porosity, and adequate water retention. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Muschelkalk limestone conglomerates outcrop at the hilltop and intermingle with Quaternary pebbles on the lower slopes, while clays and silts dominate at the foot of the slope. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• The deep soils of the Moenchberg have good water reserves and warm up slowly in spring. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• The appellation was recognised in 1983 on the basis of parcels delimited according to the historic production cores, a practice enshrined in French regulations as early as 1945. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• The grapes are harvested by hand, and wines carrying the Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles designations, produced from overripe grapes, must undergo a minimum of 18 months of ageing.

• The dry, aromatic wines display a colour intensity ranging up to golden yellow, while Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles wines reach an amber yellow.

• The stony soils of the Moenchberg impart to the wines a consistent, substantial, and enveloping acidity, contributing salinity, length on the palate, and power.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• Product specification (BO Agri, PDF), JORF 29 juin 2016,
• Official INAO text (show_texte)
• INAO product entry
• Official trade body site — CIVA