Пловдив

Appellation

Пловдив is an appellation in Bulgaria across 8 communes.

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Key facts

Type: ЗНП (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 277,220 ha registered outline
Separate plots: 2
Extent N–S × E–W: 84.07 × 76.22 km
Centre: 42.1071° N, 24.7266° E
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Mavrud, Merlot, Misket Cherven, Misket Vrachanski, Muscat Ottonel, Pamid, Pinot Noir, Rubin, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah
Other grapes: Pamig
Min planting density: 1,235 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 5.6 km south-west of Plovdiv
Nearest city: 15 km north-west of Asenovgrad 54,778 people
To the sea: 125 km
Rivers nearby: Maritsa (5.9 km)
Same latitude: Kakheti (Georgia), Lake Erie (United States), Lake Erie North Shore (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 108–1,897 m
Mean elevation: 470 m

Measured over the whole outline on 54,817 elevation cells of about 227 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 8

Asenovgrad
Brezovo
Kuklen
Parvomai
Perushtitsa
Plovdiv
Rodopi
Saedinenie

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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