Drăgăşani

Appellation

Drăgăşani is an appellation in Romania across 11 communes.

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Key facts

Type: DOC (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 44,683 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 42.81 × 19.43 km
Centre: 44.6389° N, 24.2224° E
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Crâmpoşie Selecţionată, Fetească Neagrăn, Fetească Regală, Merlot, Muscat Ottonel, Negru De Drăgăşani, Novac, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling Italian, Sauvignon, Tămâioasă Românească
Max yield: 65 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,200 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: around the town of Drăgăşani
Nearest city: 26 km north of Slatina 63,487 people
To the sea: 410 km
Rivers nearby: Olt (6.4 km)
Same latitude: Willamette Valley (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 107–388 m
Mean elevation: 197 m

Measured over the whole outline on 152,086 elevation cells of about 54 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 11

Carlogani
Creteni
Dragasani
Gusoeni
Lungesti
Orlesti
Plesoiu
Prundeni
Stefanesti
Strejesti
Sutesti

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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