Mehedinţi

Appellation

Mehedinţi is an appellation in Romania across 20 communes.

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Key facts

Type: DOC (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 143,991 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 60.99 × 59.49 km
Centre: 44.5210° N, 22.8434° E
Grapes: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Fetească Albă, Fetească Neagrăn, Fetească Regală, Marcelan R, Merlot, Muscat Ottonel, Negru De Drăgăşani, Novac, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling Italian, Sauvignon, Syrah, Tămâioasă Românească, Viogner
Max yield: 86 hl/ha
Min planting density: 4,132 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 11 km north of Vânju-Mare
Nearest city: 19 km south-east of Drobeta-Turnu Severin 79,865 people
To the sea: 418 km
Rivers nearby: Danube (8.3 km)
Same latitude: Champlain Valley of New York (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 36–627 m
Mean elevation: 202 m

Measured over the whole outline on 30,901 elevation cells of about 218 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 20

Balacita
Breznita-Ocol
Brosteni
Cazanesti
Corcova
Corlatel
Devesel
Drobeta-Turnu Severin
Hinova
Izvoru Barzii
Livezile
Malovat
Oprisor
Padina
Poroina Mare
Punghina
Rogova
Simian
Vanju Mare
Vladaia

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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