The terroirs

Located between mountains and plains, the Alsatian vineyard stretches over 120km from the Vosges foothills in the North to Thann in the South. In addition, there is the island of Wissembourg and Cleebourg, on the northern border of the region. It represents a surface area of 15,000 hectares.

The terroirs are born from the complexity of the mutual relations between the rocks of the subsoil, the earth, the atmosphere, the weather and the time that passes. The diversity of microclimates and the variety of soils present in the vineyards offer Alsace a wealth of terroirs, which men and women cultivate thanks to a diversity of grape varieties in order to bring out the "taste of terroir". Man's work allows the natural qualities of the soil and climate to be sublimated through well thought and controlled choices: choice of grape variety, cultivation of the soil, vineyard management, harvesting conditions, control of the wine-making process...