Sarica Niculiţel

Appellation

Sarica Niculiţel is an appellation in Romania across 14 communes.

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Key facts

Type: DOC (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 148,931 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 51.42 × 67.71 km
Centre: 45.2094° N, 28.6590° E
Grapes: Aligoté, Burgund Mare, Băbeasacă Neagră, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Fetească Albă, Fetească Neagrăn, Fetească Regală, Merlot, Muscat Ottonel, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling De Rhin, Riesling Italian, Rkatiteli, Sauvignon, Syrah
Max yield: 82 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,330 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 12 km north-west of Tulcea
Nearest city: 21 km south-west of Izmayil 69,932 people
To the sea: 33 km
Rivers nearby: Danube (2.8 km) · Bratul Chillia (7.3 km) · Bratul Sulina (18 km) · Bratul Sfintu Gheorghe (18 km)
Lakes nearby: Yalpug (6.4 km) · Lacul Babadag (30 km)
Same latitude: Yamhill-Carlton (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 0–447 m
Mean elevation: 88 m

Measured over the whole outline on 32,769 elevation cells of about 215 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 14

Carcaliu
Cerna
Frecatei
Greci
Isaccea
Izvoarele
Jijila
Luncavita
Macin
Niculitel
Somova
Tulcea
Vacareni
Valea Teilor

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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