Miniş

Appellation

Miniş is an appellation in Romania across 9 communes.

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Key facts

Type: DOC (PDO)
Category: Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 94,546 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 59.07 × 41.2 km
Centre: 46.2438° N, 21.6948° E
Grapes: Burgund Mare, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cadarcă, Chardonnay, Fetească Neagrăn, Fetească Regală, Furmint, Merlot, Muscat Ottonel, Mustoasă De Măderat, Novac, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling De Rhin, Riesling Italian, Sauvignon, Syrah, Traminer Roz, Tămâioasă Românească
Max yield: 112.5 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,000 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 5.4 km south-east of Şiria
Nearest city: 30 km east of Arad 169,065 people
To the sea: 482 km
Rivers nearby: Mures (14 km) · Körös (21 km)
Same latitude: Goose Gap (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 104–790 m
Mean elevation: 181 m

Measured over the whole outline on 85,503 elevation cells of about 106 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 9

Covasint
Ghioroc
Ineu
Lipova
Pancota
Paulis
Silindia
Siria
Tarnova

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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