Landelin D.

History of Clos Saint Landelin In the seventh century, Dagobert II, king of Austrasia, donated to the bishops of Strasbourg the region of Rouffach, called Obermundat. This vast estate remained in their possession until the French Revolution. Landelin, an Irish monk, came to evangelize the Country of Baden (Germany) in the seventh century. He was assassinated around 640. According to legend, four sources sprang up at the scene of the crime. On the tomb of the martyr would have occurred several miracles. This led some monks to settle nearby. A first convent was built around 725. Heddon (734-776), Bishop of Strasbourg, was the organizer of this convent of Mönchzell "Cella monachorum" founded in honor of Saint Landelin, on the right bank of the Rhine. He erected a second, larger convent some distance from the first. In memory of its benefactor, the convent was named Ettenheimmünster (from the Latin "Ettonis monasterium" meaning the monastery of Heddon). The monastery was endowed with properties, including vineyards, located in Rouffach. This was what was called the "praedium sancti Landelini", the Saint Landelin property. Some of these plots of vines are located in the former places called Altengassen, Vorberg - the original name of the current grand cru Vorbourg -, Rothengarten and Mannberg. The book "Liber Vitae", written between 1250 and 1372, and which contains the donations and bequests made for the benefit of the Church of Our Lady of Rouffach, cites vineyards located near plots of the "Property of Saint Landelin" and near the Fountain Saint Landelin. According to the old cadastral plans of Rouffach, the Fountain Saint Landelin is located at a place called Hauhl, today Clos Saint Landelin. It always flows at the foot of this vineyard. In 1409, the Rouffachoise Berler family had become beneficiary as an emphyteusis of the "Bien Saint Landelin", which remained ecclesiastical until the French Revolution. After 1871, Alsace became part of the German Empire. Dr. Jur. Wolfang Weber, one of the pioneers of the revival of Alsatian viticulture, bought one by one the plots surrounding the Saint Landelin fountain. He restored the vines and dry stone walls. In 1918, the estate was placed under sequestration by the French administration, then it was acquired in 1923 by Alfred Erny, industrialist in Soultzmatt. He marketed the wines under the appellation Clos Saint Landelin. He was able to continue the work of Dr. Weber for seven years. In 1930, he ceded the vineyard of Clos Saint Landelin with stocks in barrels and bottles to the Union Vinicole du Haut-Rhin de Colmar. The company owned it for only five years. In 1935, Alfred Muré, great-grandfather of Véronique and Thomas, bought the estate. The Muré are a family of winegrowers whose origin dates back to 1650 in Westhalten