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Plešivica

Appellation

Plešivica is an appellation in Croatia across 11 communes. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
ZOI (PDO)
Category
Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2013-07-01
Area
107,696 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
38.3 × 48.91 km
Centre
45.6829° N, 15.5929° E
Grapes
Alicante Bouschet, Blauburger, Blauer Portugieser, Blaufrankisch, Bouvier, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Dornfelder, Furmint, Gamay, Gamay Teinturier, Gewürztraminer, Kadarka, Kavčina Crna, Kerner, Kraljevina Crvena, Lipovina, Manzoni Bijeli, Merlot, Morio Muscat, Moscato Giallo, Muller Thurgau, Muscat Blanc, Muscat Noir, Muscat Ottonel, Neuburger, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Plavec Žuti, Riesling, Riesling Italico, Rotgipfler, Saint Laurent, Savagnin Blanc, Semillon, Silvaner, Syrah, Veltliner Grüner, Veltliner Roter, Zelenac Slatki, Zweigeltrebe, Šipelj, Štajerska Belina
Other grapes
Cabernet Cortis, Johanniter, Merzling, Phoenix, Regent, Sauvignon, Solaris, Staufer
Max yield
77 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
4.6 km north-west of Jastrebarsko
Nearest city
22 km north of Karlovac 41,869 people
To the sea
87 km
Rivers nearby
Kupa (20 km) · Sava (22 km)
Same latitude
Columbia Gorge (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
107–1,166 m
Mean elevation
306 m

Measured over the whole outline on 95,344 elevation cells of about 107 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 · 11

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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