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Between what cities is the central part of the Haut-Rhin Département
- Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
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Haut-Rhine Zone 4 is in which fault bundle?
Guebwiller/Rouffach: Wintzenheim to Orschwihr
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T or F? Wintzenheim is a major tourist destination in Alsace
False: Like Ingersheim, Wintzenheim offers little touristic interest.
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Describe the Hengst Grand Cru
- Translation: Stallion (like wine, untamed in youth but ages gracefully for 20 years)
- Location: Wintzenheim
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: Calcareous Marly Sandstone; limestone inter-fingered with marly limestone with sandstone pebbles at the top of the slope
- Vineyard: 75.78 ha (189.5 acres), faces SE, altitude 270-360 m (891-1,188 ft),
- Grapes: R, G (majority), PG
- Established Star: Josmeyer, Albert Mann, Barmes-Buecher, Paul Buecher, Zind-Humbrecht
- Notable: First mentioned in 9th century, stellar reputation
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Describe Clos Häuserer
- Translation: Houses
- Location: Wintzenheim
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: Marly Limestone; colluvial topsoil (slope wash from Hengst!)
- Vineyard: 1.2 ha (3 acres), faces E
- Grapes: R
- Notable: owned by Zind-Humbrecht
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Describe Lieu-Dit Rotenberg
- Translation: Red Mountain (referring to iron-rich soil)
- Location: Wintzenheim (top/NW side of Hengst Grand Cru)
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: Sandy-Silty-Clayey limestone
- Vineyard: altitude 300 m (990 ft)
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Describe the Steingrübler Grand Cru
- Translation: Stone Miner (references quarries that date to 13th century)
- Location: Wettolsheim
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: Calcareous Marly Sandstone; sandy marl atop clay-limestone
- Vineyard: 22.95 ha (57.4 acres), faces SE, altitude 280-350 m (924-1,155 ft)
- Grapes: R, G
- Sleeping Beauty: Barmès-Buecher, Albert Mann
- Notable: First record in 1487 when owned by the Abbey of Marbach
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Describe Lieu-Dit Rosenberg
- Translation: Rose Mountain
- Location: Wettolsheim
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: sandstone and flint atop limestone and clay
- Vineyard: faces E and NE, extention of Pfersigberg Grand Cru
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Describe the Pfersigberg Grand Cru
- Location: Wettolsheim and Eguisheim
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: Calcareous Sandstone; stony conglomerate of muschelkalk and sandstone
- Vineyard: 74.55 ha (186 acres), faces E and SE, altitude 220-330 m (726-1,089 ft),
- Grapes: R, G, PG, M
- Established Star: Kuentz-Bas, Charles Baur, Bruno Sorg, Paul Ginglinger, Wolfberger, Paul Zinck
- Notable: First mentioned in the 16th century
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Describe the village of Eguisheim
- Tourist mecca
- Multi-colored half-timbered houses in concentric rings around a castle
- Ranked as one of the "Most Beautiful Villages of France"
- National Grand Prix of Flowers (flower displays and window boxes)
- Pope Leo IX was born here
- Home to 30 growers, 2 Grand Crus, and largest cooperative (Wolfberger)
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Describe the Eichberg Grand Cru
- Location: Eguisheim
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: Marly Limestone; clayey-sandstone rubble covers part of slopes
- Vineyard: 57.62 ha (144 acres), faces SE, altitude 220-340 m (726-1,122 ft), 2 gentle slopes, below 3 castles, lowest rainfall
- Grapes: R, G, PG
- Established Star: Kuentz-Bas, Albert Hertz, Bruno Sorg, Charles Baur, Paul Ginglinger, Wolfberger, Paul Zinck
- Notable: Assembled from tithes to Marback Abbey in 11th century, originally named Eissche
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Describe the village of Hattstatt ("took place")
Sainte-Colombe, one of Alsace's oldest churches (12th century) sits on a hill above the town
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Describe the village of Voegthlinshoffen
- Destroyed during 30 years war; rebult with fachwerk architecture
- Peregrine falcons nest in a protected quarry of pink quartzite
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Describe the Hatschbourg Grand Cru
- Location: Hattstatt and Voegthlinshoffen
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: Marly Limestone; covered by loess/loam at base of slope and limestone/sandstone scree at the top
- Vineyard: 47.36 ha (118.4 acres), faces S and SE, altitude 210-330 m (693-1,089 ft)
- Grapes: R, G, PG, M
- Sleeping Beauty: Joseph Cattin, Gérard Hartmann, Cave de Pfaffenheim, Domaine Otter
- Notable: Very expensive wine in the 16th and 17th centuries
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Describe the village of Gueberschwihr
Winemaking village with fachwerk and a church bell tower
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Describe the Goldert Grand Cru
- Translation: Golden (color of its wine)
- Location: Gueberschwihr
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: Marly Limestone; Dogger (oolitic) limestone at the top with marly limestone and scree on the mid slopes on down
- Vineyard: 45.35 ha (113 acres), faces E, altitude 230-330 m (759-1,089 ft)
- Grapes: R, G (majority), PG, M
- Established Star: Ernest Burn, Zind-Humbrecht, Cave de Pfaffenheim, Ginglinger-Fix, Louis Scherb
- Notable: Owned by bishops of Basle and Strasbourg, parish of Gueberschwihr, and many abbeys from the Middle Ages until the French revolution
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Describe Clos Saint-Imer
- Location: Gueberschwihr
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: Dogger (oolitic) limestone; stony clay and limestone over calcareous sandstone
- Vineyard: 5 ha (12.5 acres), faces SE, highest part of Goldert Grand Cru
- Grapes: R, G, PG, M, PN
- Notable: One of Alsace's most famous clos; Domaine Ernest Brun, monopole; can be labeled with the name of the clos and the Goldert Grand Cru
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Describe the village of Pfaffenheim
- Previously called Papanheim due to large wineries owned by convents and monasteries
- Dates to Roman or Celtic times, destroyed 4 times
- Home to Cave de Pfaffenheim (large cooperative)
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Describe Lieu-Dit Bihl
- Translation: Hill
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: calcareous loess
- Vineyard: faces W, hill runs E-W
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Describe the villages of Westhalten and Soultzmatt
- Located in the heart of the Vallée Noble, between the hills of Bollenberg, Strangenberg, and Zinnkoepflé
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Describe the Steinert Grand Cru
- Translation: Stony
- Location: Pfaffenheim and Westhalten
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: Limestone; Dogger limestone and scree
- Vineyard: 38.9 ha (97.25 acres), faces E, altitude m ( ft),
- Grapes: R, G, PG
- Sleeping Beauty: Pierre Frick, Domaine Rieflé, Cave de Pfaffenheim
- Notable: Benedictine Convent of Muri and dioceses (jurisdiction of a bishop) of Basle and Strasbourg owned vineyards here in 1150
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Describe Lieu-Dit Breitenberg
- Translation: Wide Mountain
- Location: Soultzmatt
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: Sandy topsoil over sandstone
- Vineyard: faces S
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Describe the city of Rouffach
- Interesting buildings: 13th century Witches Tower, 15th century church, Corn Exchange
- Ecomuseum at Ungersheim shows life during the Middle Ages
- Chateau d'Issenheim (now a luxury hotel) overlooks Rouffach
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Describe Lieu-Dit Rotmurlé
- Translation: Red Wall
- Location: Rouffach
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: iron-rich calcareous red-brown topsoil atop limestone
- Vineyard: faces W with late afternoon sunshine
- Grapes: R, G, PG, PN
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Describe the Vorgourg Grand Cru
- Location: Rouffach and Westhalten
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: Calcareous Sandstone; oollitic Dogger limestone and sandstone
- Vineyard: 73.61 ha (184 acres), faces S and SE, one of the driest and sunniest meso-climates in Alsace
- Grapes: R, G, PG, M
- Sleeping Beauty: René Muré, Pierre Frick, Lycée Viticole de Rouffach, Dopff & Irion
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Describe Clos Saint Landelin
- Location: Rouffach
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: Clay-Limestone; stony, subsoil of calcareous sandstone and calcareous clay conglomerates
- Vineyard: 11.8 ha (29.5 acres), faces S, steep and terraced, southern end of Vorbourg Grand Cru
- Grapes: R (bottom), G and M (middle), PG (SW side), Sylvaner (SE side), PN (plateau)
- Notable: Regularly produces VT and SGN due to Ohmbach River at base of clos; 7th century clos
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Describe the Zinnkoepflé Grand Cru
- Translation: Pewter head
- Location: Soultzmatt and Westhalten
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: Calcareous Sandstone; muschelkalk limestone and calcareous sandstone
- Vineyard: 71.03 ha (177.6 acres), faces S and SE, altitude 460 m (1,518 ft), very steep, one of the highest vineyards in Alsace
- Grapes: R, G, PG
- Established Star: Léon Boesch, Seppi Landmann, René Muré, Eric Rominger, Agathe Bursin, Paul Kubler, Bestheim, Cave de Pfaffenheim
- Notable: site of sun worship in pagan times
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Describe the Pfingstberg Grand Cru
- Translation: Pentecost Mountain
- Location: Orschwihr
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: Calcareous Marly Sandstone; muschelkalk and sandstone; lower slope (Lieu-Dit Lippelsberg) is clayey marly sandstone
- Vineyard: 28.15 ha (70 acres), faces SE, altitude 270-370 m (891-1,221 ft),
- Grapes: R, G, PG, M
- Born-Again: François Schmitt, François Braun, Camille Braun, Valentin-Zuzzlin, Lucien Albrecht (now part of Wolfberger, Co-op of Eguisheim)
- Notable: Dates to 1299
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Describe Lieu-Dit Bollenberg
- Location: Rouffach-Orschwihr
- Zone: central Haut-Rhin (4), Wettolsheim to Orschwihr
- Soil: Marly Limestone
- Vineyard: 300 ha (750 acres), all sides of gently rounded hill are planted with vines, no steep slopes or terraces
- Grapes: all grapes thrive here; near-constant hydric stress (dry)
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Distinguish viticultrice, viticulteur, and vigneron
- viticultrice: viticulturist (a person who cultivates and harvests grapes)
- vigneron: winemaker (a person who makes wine)
- viticulteur: winegrower (a person who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine)
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How many important terroirs are in the central Haut-Rhin, Wettolsheim to Orschwihr (zone 4)?
- Grand Crus: 10
- Lieu-Dits: 6 (Rotenberg, Rosenberg, Bihl, Breitenberg, Rotmurlé, Bollenberg)
- Clos: 3 (Häuserer, Saint-Imer, Saint Landelin)
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