La magie des
terroirs
Even if Alsace is the only region where the AOC names claim names of varietals, it is one of the French wine-producing regions pioneers in the terroirs’influence’s research. Subject to a septentrional climate, Alsace is a real patchwork of soils and sub-soils.
A note of history: the Alsatian vineyards result from a huge cataclysm: the collapse (50 million years ago) of a footbridge putting on the Black Forest in Vosges. The collapse of this old massif gives today this configuration to the Alsatian vineyards landscape: a plain crossed by a river (the Rhine), surmounted on the West by sub-Vosges hills (the main part of the Alsatian vineyards where to find Kientzheim-Kaysersberg) and the edges of the Vosges mountains.
The vine-growers of Cave de Kientzheim have always worked their vineyards by hand, which is a crucial factor in producing well-balanced top-quality wines.
Hand-picking enables us to select only the very best grapes.
Sustainable vine-growing: a continuing commitment to our vineyards in Kientzheim and Kaysersberg.
Sustainable vine-growing, using recognized agricultural methods aims to ensure the continuing health of the vineyard...
The green valley is one of the most beautiful expressions of nature in Alsace, enchantingfor its natural beauty: the vineyards, planted on the hills, which are followed by chestnut,with background rocks of the Vosges.
The good life, where ancient traditions are perpetuated, the turning of a path, a castle ora vine ...
