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Alsace

Dry Riesling and perfumed Gewürztraminer in tall bottles.

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Vineyards in Alsace

Alsace in a minute

The grapes
Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc
What it tastes like
Riesling is dry, steely and limey; Gewürztraminer smells of roses and lychee.

Good to know

Alsace puts the grape on the label, unusual in France. The Vosges hills keep the rain off, so it is one of the driest places in the country.

On the label

Grand cru names one of 51 slopes. Vendanges tardives means a late, sweeter harvest.

What the land costs

The dearest vineyards here are in Alsace, Haut-Rhin: ≈$15,670–≈$335,790 a hectare (2024). Zone by zone

The business side

Alsace is a long strip of vineyards on the eastern slopes of the Vosges, sheltered from rain and among the driest places in France. Its grands crus, 51 named slopes, make some of the world’s best dry Riesling and Gewürztraminer, yet the region has struggled to be paid for them: a hectare in the Haut-Rhin averages about €130,000 but the official range runs from €14,000 on the plain to €300,000 on the best grand cru slopes.

Economics in brief

The 2024 SAFER table gives a dominant price of €130,000 a hectare in the Haut-Rhin (range €14,000–300,000) and €99,000 in the Bas-Rhin (€15,000–200,000): the widest spread of any French region, because flat vineyard growing grapes for crémant and a terraced grand cru are priced as different things. Alsace’s problem has been that its names are village and grape rather than estate, so the premium the grands crus deserve has been slow to arrive; the best domaines now sell at Burgundy-like prices.

Facts and figures

Vineyard land, Haut-Rhin
€130,000 a hectare (€14,000–300,000), 2024SAFER, Le prix des terres 2024
Grands crus
51 named slopesINAO
The numbers behind the region: land, grapes, yields and costs

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InputRangeUnitYearSource
Land — what a hectare of vineyard sells for
Vineyard land, Alsace (Haut-Rhin)Dominant price €130,000/ha in 2024 with the widest range in France, from flat land for…14,000–300,000EUR/ha2024SAFER 2024

Where the inputs come from

  1. SAFER / FNSAFER, Le prix des terres 2024 — the official 2024 vineyard-value table (Décision du 26 août 2025, from SAFER data) as reproduced by Fidecorex, 10 February 2026

Sources

  1. Valeur vénale des vignes en 2024 (the official SAFER table, reproduced), Fidecorex, 2026. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
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