Черноморски район

Черноморски район is an appellation in Bulgaria across 47 communes.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

ЗНП (PDO)

Category

Wine

Protected since

2007-05-10

Area

1,860,333 ha registered outline

Separate plots

3

Extent N–S × E–W

145.74 × 215.55 km

Centre

43.4873° N, 26.8489° E

Grapes

Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Dimiat, Gamay Noir, Merlot, Misket Varnenski, Misket Vrachanski, Muscat Ottonel, Pamid, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Sylvaner, Syrah, Tamyanka, Traminer, Ugni Blanc

Other grapes

Muscat Red, Rkaziteli

Min planting density

1,112 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

25 km north of Shumen

Nearest city

34 km north-east of Targovishte 34,793 people

To the sea

91 km

Same latitude

Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–958 m

Mean elevation

224 m

Measured over the whole outline on 95,100 elevation cells of about 444 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 47

Sources

EU register of geographical indications