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Pécs

Appellation

Pécs is an appellation in Hungary across 33 communes. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type
OEM (PDO)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2006-02-17
Area
81,904 ha registered outline
Separate plots
8
Extent N–S × E–W
44.36 × 85.08 km
Centre
46.1052° N, 18.2049° E
Grapes
Blauburger, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Cirfandli R, Cserszegi Füszeres, Csomorika, Furmint, Hárslevelü, Irsai Oliver, Juhfark, Kadarka, Királyleányka, Kékfrankos, Kékoportó, Menoire, Merlot, Olasz Rizling, Ottonel Muskotály, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Rajnai Rizling, Rizlingszilváni, Rubintos, Syrah, Szürkebarát, Tramini, Zengö, Zenit, Zweigelt, Zöld Veltelíni
Other grapes
Sauvignon Blanc
Max yield
100 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,300 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
around the town of Pécs
Nearest city
43 km south-east of Kaposvár 64,280 people
To the sea
292 km
Same latitude
Horse Heaven Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
81–686 m
Mean elevation
189 m

Measured over the whole outline on 74,418 elevation cells of about 106 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

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

Communes · 33

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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