Перущица

Перущица is an appellation in Bulgaria in Rodopi.

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

52,476 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

39.47 × 35.42 km

Centre

42.0513° N, 24.6873° E

Grapes

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Min planting density

1,112 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

12 km south-west of Plovdiv

Nearest city

15 km north-west of Asenovgrad 54,778 people

To the sea

120 km

Rivers nearby

Maritsa (12 km)

Same latitude

Kakheti (Georgia), Lake Erie (United States), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

142–1,948 m

Mean elevation

699 m

Measured over the whole outline on 164,283 elevation cells of about 57 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 1

• Rodopi

Sources

EU register of geographical indications