Greece · ΠΟΠ (PDO)

Αρχάνες

Appellation

Αρχάνες is an appellation in Greece across 7 communes. It lies 10 km south of Irákleion and 61 km south-east of Rethymno.

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Key facts

Type: ΠΟΠ (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 1981-06-11
Area: 10,306 ha registered outline
Separate plots: 2
Extent N–S × E–W: 17.51 × 13.42 km
Centre: 35.2332° N, 25.1393° E
Grapes: Kotsifali, Mandilaria
Max yield: 80 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 10 km south of Irákleion
Nearest city: 61 km south-east of Rethymno 32,468 people
To the sea: 12 km
Same latitude: Yamanashi (Japan), Edna Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 18–798 m
Mean elevation: 304 m
Mean slope: 12.4° (22 %)
Steepest tenth: above 20°
Faces: several directions, mostly north-west

Measured over the whole outline on 106,740 elevation cells of about 31 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 7

D. Arxanvn
K. Agioy Basileioy
K. Agioy Sylla
K. Katv Arxanvn
K. Kyparissoy
K. Profhtoy Hlioy
K. Skalanioy

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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