Domaine Muré

The Muré family's origins as winegrowers go back to 1650 in Westhalten, where Michel Muré moved that year and cultivated the vineyard. In 1935 his descendant Alfred Muré bought the Clos Saint Landelin; he rebuilt its dry stone walls and replanted the terraces of its 12 hectares. In 1966 Oscar Muré and his brother Armand moved the family winery from Westhalten to Rouffach. The Clos Saint Landelin is now in the sole ownership of the Muré family.

• 1650: Michel Muré moved to Westhalten and cultivated the vineyard.
• 1935: Alfred Muré bought the Clos Saint Landelin.
• 1966: Oscar Muré and his brother Armand moved the family winery from Westhalten to Rouffach.
• The Clos Saint Landelin is in the sole ownership of the Muré family.

Véronique and Thomas Muré, the 12th generation of the family and great-grandchildren of Alfred Muré, work the Clos Saint Landelin and the terroirs around it. The estate's contact address is Véronique et Thomas Muré, 2, rue Saint Landelin, 68250 Rouffach. Véronique and Thomas Muré also produce Alsace wines and Crémant d'Alsace from grapes bought from winegrowers near Rouffach who also farm organically; these wines are sold under the Maison Muré label.

• Véronique and Thomas Muré: the 12th generation.
• Maison Muré: Alsace wines and Crémant d'Alsace from grapes bought from organic winegrowers near Rouffach.

The Clos Saint Landelin lies just to the south of the town of Rouffach, at the southern end of the Grand Cru Vorbourg. In the estate's own history of the Clos, the property, once owned by the bishopric of Strasbourg, was given by Bishop Heddon to the Saint Landelin convent in the 8th century. In 1409 the Berler family from Rouffach was granted an emphyteutic lease on the Bien Saint Landelin, which remained an ecclesiastical property until the French Revolution. After 1871 Dr Weber bought the plots around the Saint Landelin fountain one by one and brought the vines and the dry stone walls back to full working order; the fountain still flows at the foot of the vineyard. Alfred Erny, an entrepreneur from Soultzmatt, acquired the estate in 1923 and marketed the bottled wine under the name Clos Saint Landelin. In 1930 he sold the vineyard to the Union Vinicole du Haut-Rhin in Colmar, which owned it for five years before Alfred Muré bought it in 1935. The vines grow on terraces on very steep, south-facing slopes at 330 metres, in very stony clay-limestone topsoil over a subsoil of Oligocene conglomerates with oolitic limestone pebbles. Riesling is planted at the bottom of the slopes, towards a source that ensures a constant water supply; Gewurztraminer and Muscat occupy the central section of the slopes, Pinot Gris the southwest corner, Sylvaner the southeast corner and Pinot Noir the flat.

• Location: just south of Rouffach, at the southern end of the Grand Cru Vorbourg; 12 hectares.
• South-facing terraces on very steep slopes at 330 metres.
• Soil: very stony clay-limestone over Oligocene conglomerates with oolitic limestone pebbles.
• Owners before the Muré family: Alfred Erny (from 1923) and the Union Vinicole du Haut-Rhin (from 1930).

Domaine Muré covers 28 hectares; the Clos Saint Landelin is its historical heart, and its other terroirs are all in the region of Rouffach. They are the Grand Cru Vorbourg, the Grand Cru Zinnkoepflé, the lieux-dits Steinstuck and Lutzeltal, the Côte de Rouffach, the Région de Rouffach and the Clos Château d'Isenbourg. The Grand Cru Vorbourg covers 73.61 hectares in Rouffach (up to 95%) and Westhalten, exposed south-south-east at 210 to 300 metres. The Grand Cru Zinnkoepflé covers 71 hectares in Westhalten and Soultzmatt at 200 to 440 metres and is the highest of the Alsace Grands Crus; its soils are shelly Muschelkalk limestone strewn with sandstone inclusions. The Clos Château d'Isenbourg is a new vineyard cultivated by the estate: a 5-hectare walled vineyard in Rouffach beneath the château of the same name, planted with Pinot Gris, Riesling and Pinot Noir.

• Grand Cru Vorbourg: 73.61 ha in Rouffach and Westhalten, 210 to 300 metres.
• Grand Cru Zinnkoepflé: 71 ha in Westhalten and Soultzmatt, 200 to 440 metres; the highest Alsace Grand Cru.
• Clos Château d'Isenbourg: a 5-ha walled vineyard in Rouffach planted with Pinot Gris, Riesling and Pinot Noir.
• Also the lieux-dits Steinstuck and Lutzeltal, the Côte de Rouffach and the Région de Rouffach.

The estate's 28 hectares have been farmed organically since 1999, and in 2013 the whole estate was converted to biodynamic farming. Priority is given to tilling and to dense planting of about 10,000 vines per hectare; the soils are worked with horses and the harvest is manual. Vines are cane-pruned, single or double Guyot, and yields run from 30 to 50 hl/ha. In addition to the sulphur and copper used in organic farming, horn manure is sprayed on the soil and horn silica on the vines, and infusions of horsetail or camomile are used to strengthen the vines' natural defences against mildew and powdery mildew. The biodynamic wines are labelled by Demeter or Biodyvin.

• Organic since 1999; converted to biodynamic farming across the estate in 2013.
• About 10,000 vines per hectare; single or double Guyot pruning; 30 to 50 hl/ha.
• Soils worked with horses; manual harvest.
• Biodynamic wines labelled by Demeter or Biodyvin.

Fermentation uses the natural yeasts of the cellar, and the addition of SO2 is restricted as far as possible. The 2024 Riesling Clos Saint Landelin was harvested by hand in boxes of 20 kg on 30 September 2024 at a yield of 28 hl/ha, then fermented slowly with natural yeast and matured on fine lees; it has 2 grams per litre of residual sugar, 7.2 grams per litre of acidity and 13% alcohol. From the Clos Saint Landelin, the range includes a Riesling, Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer under AOC Alsace Grand Cru Vorbourg, and Sélection de Grains Nobles Riesling and Pinot Gris. The Zinnkoepflé gives a Riesling, and a Gewurztraminer under AOC Alsace Grand Cru Zinnkoepflé; Steinstuck gives Sylvaner, Muscat and Riesling, and Lutzeltal gives Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir. The Pinot Noir 'V' takes its name from the initial of Vorbourg, the terroir it comes from, and the estate also makes Crémant d'Alsace. Depending on the year, the Clos Saint Landelin also produces Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles wines.

• Clos Saint Landelin: a Riesling; under AOC Alsace Grand Cru Vorbourg, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, and Sélection de Grains Nobles Riesling and Pinot Gris.
• Zinnkoepflé: Riesling, and Gewurztraminer under AOC Alsace Grand Cru Zinnkoepflé.
• Steinstuck: Sylvaner, Muscat and Riesling; Lutzeltal: Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir.
• Pinot Noir 'V', named with the initial of Vorbourg, and Crémant d'Alsace.

The Muré family gives as its guiding principle allowing its wines 'to express fully the terroir in which they are grown.' Of the Clos Saint Landelin, the estate writes: 'Elegant and complex, the wines from this outstanding vineyard develop fine fruit aromas and are extremely long-lived.' Its page on the Zinnkoepflé credits that Grand Cru with 'fresh, spicy wines with intense floral aromas.'

Primary sources (producer's own site): https://www.mure.com/en/page/1-the-estate, https://www.mure.com/en/page/3-respect-and-tradition, https://www.mure.com/en/terroirs/6-clos-saint-landelin, https://www.mure.com/en/terroirs, https://www.mure.com/en/terroirs/7-vorbourg, https://www.mure.com/en/terroirs/1-grand-cru-zinnkoepfle, https://www.mure.com/en/terroirs/9-isenbourg, https://www.mure.com/en/10-wines, https://www.mure.com/en/22-riesling-clos-saint-landelin.html, https://www.mure.com/en/contact-us, https://www.mure.com/fr/page/1-le-domaine-mure. Secondary sources: Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins d'Alsace, Grand Cru pages (https://www.vinsalsace.com/en/grands-crus/vorbourg/ and https://www.vinsalsace.com/en/grands-crus/zinnkoepfle/). Last verified 2026-10-21. Where the producer's site and a secondary source disagree, the producer's site governs.