The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.
Key facts
Type
GI (Geographical Indications (Wine and Spirits) Registration Act 2006)
Area
4,092,598 ha outline of the administrative units
Centre
43.4238° S, 171.6587° E
Legal basis
Registered with IPONZ. The registered boundaries are drawn on maps; the units here are the districts that contain them.
Outline: Built from the administrative units that contain the area. The legal boundary follows other lines (roads, rivers, farms or altitude), so the real area is smaller.
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
Elevation
-2–3,547 m
Mean elevation
652 m
Measured over the whole outline on 209,344 elevation cells of about 444 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.