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Sopron

Appellation

Sopron is an appellation in Hungary across 18 communes. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Official name
Sopron / Soproni
Type
OEM (PDO)
Category
Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2006-02-17
Area
50,721 ha registered outline
Separate plots
6
Extent N–S × E–W
63.64 × 40.26 km
Centre
47.6618° N, 16.5925° E
Grapes
Blauburger, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Cserszegi Füszeres, Dornfelder, Furmint, Irsai Oliver, Királyleányka, Korai Piros Veltelíni, Kékfrankos, Leányka, Merlot, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Rajnai Rizling, Sauvignon, Syrah, Sárga Muskotály, Tramini, Zenit, Zweigelt, Zöld Veltelíni
Max yield
100 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,300 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
around the town of Sopron
Nearest city
31 km south-east of Wiener Neustadt 44,820 people
To the sea
310 km
Lakes nearby
Neusiedl (10 km)
Same latitude
Rocky Reach (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
112–751 m
Mean elevation
225 m

Measured over the whole outline on 48,541 elevation cells of about 103 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 · 18

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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