Kirchberg de Ribeauvillé

🇫🇷 France

Grand Cru Rare find

Church hill beneath three castles - 18th-century straw wine fame across Europe

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Region profile

History

Name means "church hill" - three churches at foot of Ribeauvillé's old town (monastery, Catholic, Protestant). First cited 1328 by historian Médard Barth. Lords of Ribeaupierre held feudal rights until French Revolution. 18th century: Kirchberg famous across Europe for great straw wine. Trimbach farms parcels here alongside Geisberg and Osterberg in historic Hunawihr-Ribeauvillé-Bergheim corridor.

Climate
Calcareous dolomitic marl over sandstone; steep south-southwest at 270-350m; three 11th-century castles overlook
Signature wines
Trimbach and historic straw wine legacy - three-castle terroir in Ribeauvillé wine town corridor
What sets it apart
18th-century straw wine fame throughout Europe; three 11th-century castles overlook; three churches at foot; Lords of Ribeaupierre until Revolution

Facts

  • 11.4 hectares
  • first cited 1328
  • "Kirchberg" = church hill (three churches at foot)
  • 18th century straw wine fame throughout Europe
  • three 11th-century castles overlook

Region profile from the Wine Memories wine-data corpus · verified January 2026