Δαφνές

Appellation

Δαφνές is an appellation in Greece across 20 communes.

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Key facts

Type: ΠΟΠ (PDO)
Category: Liqueur Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes
Protected since: 1981-06-11
Area: 24,707 ha registered outline
Separate plots: 2
Extent N–S × E–W: 34.43 × 25.34 km
Centre: 35.1655° N, 25.0003° E
Grapes: Liatiko, Mandilaria
Max yield: 95.37 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 22 km south-west of Irákleion
Nearest city: 52 km south-east of Rethymno 32,468 people
To the sea: 21 km
Same latitude: Arroyo Grande Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 48–1,851 m
Mean elevation: 535 m

Measured over the whole outline on 64,011 elevation cells of about 62 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 20

K. Agias Barbaras
K. Agioy Myrvnos
K. Agioy Uvma
K. Anv Asitvn
K. Anv Moylivn
K. Aygenikhs
K. Beneratoy
K. Dafne
K. Doylioy
K. Gergerhs
K. Katv Asitvn
K. Kerasivn
K. Laranioy
K. Megalhs Bryshs
K. Panasoy
K. Pentamodioy
K. Petrokefaloy
K. Prinia
K. Pyrgoy
K. Sibas

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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