Romania · DOC (PDO)

Sâmbureşti

Appellation

Sâmbureşti is an appellation in Romania in Dobroteasa and Samburesti. It lies 18 km north-east of Drăgăşani and 40 km west of Piteşti.

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Key facts

Type: DOC (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 6,824 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 13.88 × 13.69 km
Centre: 44.7940° N, 24.3662° E
Grapes: Burgund Mare, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Fetească Albă, Fetească Neagrăn, Fetească Regală, Merlot, Negru De Drăgăşani, Novac, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling Italian, Sauvignon, Syrah
Max yield: 65 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,300 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 18 km north-east of Drăgăşani
Nearest city: 40 km west of Piteşti 141,275 people
To the sea: 426 km
Rivers nearby: Olt (6.3 km)
Same latitude: Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada), Old Mission Peninsula (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 153–408 m
Mean elevation: 276 m
Mean slope: 5.7° (10 %)
Steepest tenth: above 15°
Faces: several directions, mostly north-west

Measured over the whole outline on 93,544 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 · 2

Dobroteasa
Samburesti

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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