Lechinţa

Appellation

Lechinţa is an appellation in Romania across 17 communes.

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Key facts

Type: DOC (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 133,304 ha registered outline
Separate plots: 4
Extent N–S × E–W: 73.83 × 60.39 km
Centre: 47.1524° N, 24.5833° E
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Fetească Albă, Fetească Neagrăn, Fetească Regală, Merlot, Muscat Ottonel, Neuburger, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling Italian, Sauvignon, Traminer Roz
Max yield: 80 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,500 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 6.6 km east of Bistriţa
Nearest city: 54 km east of Dej 38,033 people
To the sea: 412 km
Rivers nearby: Someșul Mare (3.9 km)
Same latitude: Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley (United States), Vin du Québec (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 236–1,306 m
Mean elevation: 430 m

Measured over the whole outline on 124,635 elevation cells of about 104 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 17

Batos
Bistrita
Branistea
Budacu De Jos
Ceuasu De Campie
Dumitra
Galatii Bistritei
Lechinta
Livezile
Matei
Milas
Petru Rares
Sieu
Sieu-Odorhei
Teaca
Uriu
Urmenis

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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