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Vlaamse mousserende kwaliteitswijn

Appellation

Vlaamse mousserende kwaliteitswijn is an appellation in Belgium across 300 communes. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type
BOB / AOP (PDO)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine
Protected since
2009-08-08
Area
1,359,958 ha registered outline
Separate plots
6
Extent N–S × E–W
90.35 × 235.35 km
Centre
51.0972° N, 4.1977° E
Grapes
Auxerrois, Chardonnay, Kerner, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, Riesling
Max yield
80 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
3.6 km south-west of Temse
Nearest city
8 km south of Sint-Niklaas 69,010 people
To the sea
20 km
Rivers nearby
Schelde (1.3 km) · Grote Gete (8.9 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
-2–280 m
Mean elevation
30 m

Measured over the whole outline on 23,354 elevation cells of about 768 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

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

Communes · 300

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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