Moselle Luxembourgeoise

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• More than half of the vines, mainly in the Canton de Remich, grow on deep soils where the combination of gypsum and Keuper marls produces round, mellow wines.
• In the Canton de Grevenmacher, a soil of erosion debris derived from shelly limestone (calcaire conchylien) gives the wines a harder character in their youth, before yielding wines of remarkable breed.
• The soils of the Moselle Luxembourgeoise vineyard are of diverse origins dating back to the geological era of the Triassic, across a width ranging between 300 and 400 metres.
• The Moselle Luxembourgeoise records 40 days per year above 25 °C and fewer than 80 days of hard frost, with average rainfall of 700 to 725 mm and milder winters, as frosts are moderated by the river water and mists.
• The best-situated vineyard sites benefit from an aspect ranging from south-east to south-west and an altitude of 150 to 200 metres, in a temperate zone subject to both maritime and continental influences.

• The grower begins the year in late autumn with vine pruning, then follows flowering between mid-June and late June, with harvest starting at the end of September and potentially lasting until late October, sometimes beyond.
• Until the early twentieth century, Luxembourg growers produced Elbling in large quantities, most of which was sent to Prussia where it was used in blends by German producers. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Related denominations

• Moselle Luxembourgeoise — Bous-Waldbredimus PDO
• Moselle Luxembourgeoise — Flaxweiler PDO
• Moselle Luxembourgeoise — Grevenmacher PDO
• Moselle Luxembourgeoise — Lenningen PDO
• Moselle Luxembourgeoise — Mertert PDO
• Moselle Luxembourgeoise — Mondorf-les-Bains PDO
• Moselle Luxembourgeoise — Remich PDO
• Moselle Luxembourgeoise — Rosport - Mompach PDO
• Moselle Luxembourgeoise — Schengen PDO
• Moselle Luxembourgeoise — Stadtbredimus PDO
• Moselle Luxembourgeoise — Wormeldange PDO

All appellations in Luxembourg

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-LU-A0452
• Official trade body site — IVV / Fonds de Solidarité Viticole