Schoenenbourg Hill

North of Riquewihr, the vineyards of Schoenenbourg stretch along the south and southeast slopes of a steep hillside, between 265 and 380 meters in altitude. This Alsatian grand cru covers 53.40 hectares of Keuper terrain, composed of marls, dolomites, and gypsum, rich in nutrients and with good water retention capacity. These soils are covered by thin Quaternary layers of siliceous gravel from Vosges sandstone and Muschelkalk, while limestone marls from the Lias period outcrop at the eastern end of the slope.

Schoenenbourg is particularly renowned for its white wines, notably Riesling, Muscat, and Tokay Pinot Gris, which find ideal conditions here to flourish. These wines, famous since the Early Middle Ages, gained European renown as early as the 16th century. The Swiss cartographer Merian already mentioned them in 1663 as "the noblest wine of this country," and Voltaire owned several parcels.

The Schoenenbourg Grand Crus, age-worthy wines with powerful and rich aromas, benefit from a microclimate especially suited to Late Harvest and Noble Rot selections.