Odobeşti

Appellation

Odobeşti is an appellation in Romania across 4 communes.

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Key facts

Type: DOC (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 21,603 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 21.11 × 20.28 km
Centre: 45.8081° N, 27.0797° E
Grapes: Aligoté, Barbera, Băbeasacă Gri, Băbeasacă Neagră, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Codană, Crâmpoşie, Crâmpoşie Selecţionată, Donaris, Fetească Albă, Fetească Neagrăn, Fetească Regală, Frâncuşă, Furmint, Galbenă De Odobeşti, Grasă De Cotnari, Merlot, Muscadelle, Muscat Ottonel, Mustoasă De Măderat, Nebbiolo, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Plăvaie, Riesling De Rhin, Riesling Italian, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Syrah, Traminer Alb, Traminer Roz, Tămâioasă Românească, Zweigelt, Şarba
Other grapes: Traminer Aromat
Max yield: 165 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,300 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: around the town of Odobeşti
Nearest city: 14 km north of Focșani 66,648 people
To the sea: 170 km
Same latitude: The Burn of Columbia Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 58–907 m
Mean elevation: 234 m
Mean slope: 5.0° (9 %)
Steepest tenth: above 15°
Faces: east

Measured over the whole outline on 305,699 elevation cells of about 27 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 4

Bolotesti
Brosteni
Jaristea
Odobesti

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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