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Baden

Wine region

Baden is a wine region in Germany across 400 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

Germany's warmest and most southerly region, from Lake Constance to Heidelberg. Strong in Pinot varieties, especially in the Kaiserstuhl.
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Key facts

Type
g.U. (PDO)
Category
Liqueur Wine/Partially Fermented Grape Must/Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
1,323,085 ha registered outline
Separate plots
4
Extent N–S × E–W
249.69 × 194.94 km
Centre
48.6630° N, 8.1667° E
Grapes
Acolon, Auxerrois, Bacchus, Blauer Limberger, Blauer Portugieser, Blauer Spätburgunder, Blauer Trollinger, Bronner, Cabernet Carbon, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Cubin, Cabernet Dorio, Cabernet Dorsa, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Mitos, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Dakapo, Deckrot, Dornfelder, Dunkelfelder, Findling, Freisamer, Gelber Muskateller, Grüner Silvaner, Helios, Johanniter, Kerner, Merlot, Merzling, Monarch, Muskat Ottonel, Müller Thurgau, Müllerrebe, Nobling, Palas, Perle, Prior, Regent, Roter Gutedel, Roter Muskateller, Roter Traminer, Ruländer, Saint Laurent, Sauvignon Blanc, Scheurebe, Solaris, Syrah, Tauberschwarz, Weißer Burgunder, Weißer Gutedel, Weißer Riesling
Other grapes
Baron, Viognier
Max yield
90 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
4.4 km south of Bühl
Nearest city
12 km south-west of Baden-Baden 56,881 people
To the sea
441 km
Rivers nearby
Rhein (17 km) · Ill (22 km)
Same latitude
Vancouver Island (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
90–1,458 m
Mean elevation
404 m

Measured over the whole outline on 82,380 elevation cells of about 404 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 · 400

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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