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Vin mousseux de qualité de Wallonie

Appellation

Vin mousseux de qualité de Wallonie is an appellation in Belgium across 262 communes. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
BOB / AOP (PDO)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine
Protected since
2009-08-01
Area
1,690,539 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
145.33 × 254.43 km
Centre
50.1555° N, 5.3973° E
Grapes
Auxerrois, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, Riesling
Max yield
95 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
4.9 km north-east of Nassogne
Nearest city
55 km south-west of Liège 195,278 people
To the sea
146 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
-96–691 m
Mean elevation
256 m

Measured over the whole outline on 111,996 elevation cells of about 392 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 262

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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