📍 Bas-Rhin
The northern part of Alsace around Strasbourg.
Bas-Rhin, or "Lower Rhine", is the northern part of Alsace around Strasbourg in France. It is a département, one of the two into which Alsace is divided. The word "lower" means that the land lies downstream along the Rhine, in the north.
Wine villages stretch along the slopes of the Vosges beside the Alsace Wine Route. There is less sun and more rain here than in southern Alsace, but the slopes warm well. The main grapes are Riesling, Sylvaner and Pinot Blanc. Alsace wines are labelled by grape and are, as a rule, dry and aromatic.
Bas-Rhin has several plots of the highest category, the Alsace grands crus. They include Altenberg de Wolxheim, Frankstein, Kirchberg de Barr, Moenchberg, Praelatenberg, Steinklotz, Zotzenberg, Altenberg de Bergbieten, Engelberg, Kloeckelberg, Kastelberg, Muenchberg, Winzenberg, Bruderthal and Wiebelsberg. Each has its own soil type.
Bas-Rhin is part of Alsace, and Alsace is part of French wine. Here both place and grape matter.
How it connects to Wine
📍 Bas-Rhin ← grows in ← 🍇 Riesling → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 📍 Alsace
- Appellations
- France: 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Altenberg de Wolxheim, 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Frankstein, 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Kirchberg de Barr, 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Moenchberg, 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Praelatenberg, 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Steinklotz, 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Zotzenberg, 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Altenberg de Bergbieten, 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Engelberg, 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Gloeckelberg
- Grapes
- 🍇 Riesling, 🍇 Silvaner, 🍇 Pinot Blanc
Frequently asked questions
Where is Bas-Rhin?
It is the northern part of Alsace around Strasbourg in France.
Which grapes are grown in Bas-Rhin?
Riesling, Sylvaner, Pinot Blanc and other Alsace grapes.
What are the Alsace grands crus in Bas-Rhin?
Selected plots of the highest category, such as Frankstein, Zotzenberg and Kirchberg de Barr.
What to read next
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Zotzenberg — A grand cru by the village of Mittelbergheim, the only one in Alsace where Sylvaner is allowed.
- 🍇 Silvaner — A white grape from Austria, a descendant of Traminer; one of the main grapes of Franconia, whose wine is bottled in flat Bocksbeutel bottles.
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Altenberg de Wolxheim — A white Alsace grand cru AOC from the Altenberg de Wolxheim vineyard in northern Alsace: Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris and Muscat.
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Frankstein — A grand cru on granite slopes near Dambach-la-Ville in Alsace.
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Kirchberg de Barr — A grand cru on the slopes above the town of Barr in northern Alsace.
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What it includes
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Zotzenberg
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Altenberg de Bergbieten
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Altenberg de Wolxheim
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Bruderthal
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Engelberg
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Frankstein
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Gloeckelberg
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Kastelberg
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- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Altenberg de Bergbieten
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Winzenberg
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Gloeckelberg
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Kastelberg
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Muenchberg
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Engelberg
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Altenberg de Wolxheim
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Bruderthal
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Wiebelsberg
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Kirchberg de Barr
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Moenchberg
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Praelatenberg
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Frankstein
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Zotzenberg
- 📜 Alsace Grand Cru Steinklotz