New Zealand · GI (Geographical Indications (Wine and Spirits) Registration Act 2006)
Marlborough
Appellation
Marlborough is a GI in New Zealand.
At the north-east tip of the South Island, New Zealand's largest wine region. Its pungent Sauvignon Blanc, first planted in the 1970s, put the country on the wine map. The Wairau and Awatere valleys are its main parts.
The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.
Key facts
Type
GI (Geographical Indications (Wine and Spirits) Registration Act 2006)
Area
1,048,215 ha registered outline
Centre
41.6913° S, 173.6023° E
Legal basis
Registered with IPONZ. The registered boundaries are drawn on maps; the units here are the districts that contain them.
Outline: Built from the administrative units that contain the area. The legal boundary follows other lines (roads, rivers, farms or altitude), so the real area is smaller.
Where it is
Nearest town
35 km south-west of Blenheim
Nearest city
54 km south of Nelson 54,400 people
To the sea
47 km
Rivers nearby
Wairau (17 km) · Awatere (20 km)
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
Elevation
-2–2,742 m
Mean elevation
687 m
Measured over the whole outline on 51,965 elevation cells of about 457 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.