Czechia · CHOP (PDO)

Šobes

Appellation

Šobes is an appellation in Czechia in Podmolí. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks. It lies 7.3 km west of Znojmo and 42 km south of Třebíč.

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Key facts

Official name: Šobes / Šobeské víno
Type: CHOP (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2011-12-20
Area: 1,382 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 5.51 × 5.02 km
Centre: 48.8377° N, 15.9524° E
Grapes: Pálava Gr, Rulandské Bílé, Rulandské Modré, Rulandské Šedé Gr, Ryzlink Rýnský, Ryzlink Vlašský, Sauvignon, Tramín Červený, Veltlínské Zelené

Where it is

Nearest town: 7.3 km west of Znojmo
Nearest city: 42 km south of Třebíč 34,530 people
To the sea: 406 km
Rivers nearby: Thaya (0.3 km)
Same latitude: Gulf Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 227–441 m
Mean elevation: 376 m
Mean slope: 10.4° (18 %)
Steepest tenth: above 29°
Faces: several directions, mostly south

Measured over the whole outline on 349,439 elevation cells of about 6 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Acid plutonic rocks (granite)57%
Unconsolidated sediments35%

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

Communes · 1

Podmolí

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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