Babadag

Appellation

Babadag is an appellation in Romania across 13 communes.

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Key facts

Type: DOC (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 203,071 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 79.41 × 75.47 km
Centre: 44.7806° N, 28.8103° E
Grapes: Aligoté, Băbeasacă Neagră, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Columna, Fetească Albă, Fetească Neagrăn, Fetească Regală, Merlot, Muscat Ottonel, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling Italian, Sauvignon
Max yield: 82 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,300 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 4.7 km north-west of Jurilovca
Nearest city: 44 km south of Tulcea 65,624 people
To the sea: 5.2 km
Lakes nearby: Lacul Babadag (13 km) · Lacul Dranov (30 km)
Same latitude: Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada), Old Mission Peninsula (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: -2–377 m
Mean elevation: 47 m

Measured over the whole outline on 43,907 elevation cells of about 217 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 13

Babadag
Baia
Ceamurlia De Jos
Cogealac
Daeni
Istria
Jurilovca
Mihai Viteazu
Ostrov
Peceneaga
Sarichioi
Turcoaia
Valea Nucarilor

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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