Hagelandse wijn

Appellation

Hagelandse wijn is an appellation in Belgium across 22 communes. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type: BOB / AOP (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2004-04-14
Area: 93,575 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 38.3 × 38.49 km
Centre: 50.8767° N, 4.8976° E
Grapes: Auxerrois, Bacchus, Bianca, Chardonnay, Domina, Dornfelder, Johanniter, Kerner, Limberger, Merlot, Muller Thurgau, Optima, Ortega, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Regent, Riesling, Schönburger, Siegerrebe, Sirius, Würzer
Max yield: 67 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 4.2 km east of Lubbeek
Nearest city: 8 km north of Tienen 31,743 people
To the sea: 61 km
Rivers nearby: Grote Gete (8.1 km)
Same latitude: Shuswap (Canada)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation: 8–134 m
Mean elevation: 46 m

Measured over the whole outline on 101,190 elevation cells of about 96 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Unconsolidated sediments72%
Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)27%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 22

Aarschot
Begijnendijk
Bekkevoort
Bierbeek
Boutersem
Diest
Geetbets
Glabbeek
Halen
Hoegaarden
Holsbeek
Kortenaken
Landen
Leuven
Linter
Lubbeek
Rotselaar
Scherpenheuvel-Zichem
Tielt-Winge
Tienen
Tremelo
Zoutleeuw

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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