Нова Загора

Appellation

Нова Загора is an appellation in Bulgaria across 6 communes.

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Key facts

Type: ЗНП (PDO)
Category: Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 376,305 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 95.69 × 117.12 km
Centre: 42.5248° N, 25.7674° E
Grapes: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Dimiat, Mavrud, Merlot, Muscat Ottonel, Pamid, Pinot Noir, Ranna Melnishka Loza, Rubin, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Traminer
Other grapes: Bouquet
Min planting density: 1,112 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 14 km north-east of Stara Zagora
Nearest city: 32 km south-east of Kazanlak 47,918 people
To the sea: 180 km
Rivers nearby: Tundzha (9.7 km)
Lakes nearby: Jrebchevo (12 km)
Same latitude: Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Fennville (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: 106–1,515 m
Mean elevation: 410 m

Measured over the whole outline on 75,048 elevation cells of about 225 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 6

Chirpan
Gurkovo
Nikolaevo
Sliven
Stara Zagora
Tvarditsa

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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