Южно Черноморие

Appellation

Южно Черноморие is an appellation in Bulgaria across 13 communes.

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Key facts

Type: ЗНП (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 774,830 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 119.86 × 119.76 km
Centre: 42.4487° N, 27.2143° E
Grapes: Aligoté, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Dimiat, Evmolpia, Mavrud, Merlot, Muscat Ottonel, Pamid, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Tamyanka, Traminer, Ugni Blanc
Other grapes: Muscat Red, Rkaziteli
Min planting density: 1,112 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 12 km north-east of Sredets
Nearest city: 22 km west of Burgas 210,646 people
To the sea: 20 km
Lakes nearby: Mandrensko (9.9 km)
Same latitude: Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Lake Erie North Shore (Canada), Rogue Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: -2–897 m
Mean elevation: 207 m

Measured over the whole outline on 153,731 elevation cells of about 226 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 13

Aitos
Burgas
Kameno
Karnobat
Malko Tarnovo
Nesebar
Pomorie
Primorsko
Ruen
Sozopol
Sredets
Sungurlare
Tsarevo

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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