On a limestone bedrock 20cm from the ground, rich in iron, manganese and potash. TheElsbourg has a complex soil because the materials in place come from both the alteration of the conglomerate and subsequent river and wind deposits. The South-West exposure, on hillsides, in the heart of drafts, makes it less susceptible to diseases of the vine in humid periods and favorably exposed to the season of warm autumn air currents (foehns), which predisposes it to the elaboration of concentrated wines (late harvest and selection of noble grains). Elsbourg produces fruity and aromatic wines (candied citrus fruits), very mineral (often iodine notes), fatty and long when yields are controlled (around 45hl / ha). It has the potential of a large terroir if the biomass (micro-biologicallife) of the soils is respected...