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Banat

Appellation

Banat is an appellation in Romania across 7 communes.

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Key facts

Type
DOC (PDO)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2007-05-10
Area
85,677 ha registered outline
Separate plots
3
Extent N–S × E–W
113.29 × 31.9 km
Centre
45.3359° N, 21.5848° E
Grapes
Burgund Mare, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cadarcă, Chardonnay, Fetească Albă, Fetească Neagrăn, Fetească Regală, Majarcă Albă, Merlot, Muscat Ottonel, Novac, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling De Rhin, Riesling Italian, Sauvignon, Syrah
Max yield
78 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
11 km west of Bocşa
Nearest city
24 km west of Reşiţa 81,228 people
To the sea
423 km
Same latitude
Ribbon Ridge (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
67–729 m
Mean elevation
212 m

Measured over the whole outline on 74,712 elevation cells of about 108 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 7

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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