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Moselle Luxembourgeoise

Appellation

Moselle Luxembourgeoise is an appellation in Luxembourg across 12 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOP (PDO)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
24,526 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
40.12 × 20.96 km
Centre
49.6427° N, 6.3698° E
Grapes
Auxerrois, Chardonnay, Dakapo, Elbling, Gamay, Gewürztraminer, Muscat Ottonel, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir Precoce, Riesling, Rivaner, Saint Laurent, Sylvaner
Max yield
140 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
6.4 km south-west of Grevenmacher
Nearest city
17 km east of Luxembourg 76,684 people
To the sea
233 km
Rivers nearby
Mosel (2.8 km) · Sauer (11 km) · Saar (14 km)
Same latitude
Okanagan Valley (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
130–398 m
Mean elevation
252 m

Measured over the whole outline on 101,158 elevation cells of about 50 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 · 12

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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