Open Wine Atlas
All places › Netherlands
Netherlands · BOB (PDO)

Maasvallei Limburg

Appellation

Maasvallei Limburg is an appellation in the Netherlands across 11 communes. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

Open Maasvallei Limburg on the map →

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type
BOB (PDO)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2017-12-21
Area
83,602 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
53.41 × 36.02 km
Centre
51.0757° N, 5.8161° E
Other grapes
Acolon, Auxerrois, Chardonnay, Dornfelder, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Siegerrebe
Max yield
90 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
3.4 km south-east of Maaseik
Nearest city
9 km north of Sittard 48,400 people
To the sea
106 km
Rivers nearby
Maas (0.6 km)
Same latitude
Shuswap (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
14–122 m
Mean elevation
41 m

Measured over the whole outline on 91,400 elevation cells of about 96 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 · 11

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

Open Maasvallei Limburg on the map →