Сакар

Appellation

Сакар is an appellation in Bulgaria in Svilengrad.

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Key facts

Type: ЗНП (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 70,076 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 33.11 × 46.85 km
Centre: 41.8619° N, 26.3673° E
Grapes: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Cot, Mavrud, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Viognier
Min planting density: 1,112 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 18 km north-east of Svilengrad
Nearest city: 26 km north-west of Edirne 180,002 people
To the sea: 118 km
Rivers nearby: Maritsa (16 km) · Tundzha (17 km) · Arda (24 km)
Same latitude: Kakheti (Georgia), Seiad Valley (United States), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 42–855 m
Mean elevation: 238 m

Measured over the whole outline on 217,410 elevation cells of about 57 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 1

Svilengrad

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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