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Nitrianska

Appellation

Nitrianska is an appellation in Slovakia across 192 communes. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Official name
Nitrianska / Nitrianske / Nitriansky
Type
CHOP (PDO)
Category
Liquer Wine/Quality Aromatic Sparkling Wine/Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Overripe Grapes/Wine From Raisined Grapes
Protected since
2006-02-17
Area
322,257 ha registered outline
Separate plots
4
Extent N–S × E–W
84.45 × 91.67 km
Centre
48.2867° N, 18.0523° E
Grapes
Alibernet, André, Aurelius, Bouvierovo Hrozno, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Devín, Dievcie Hrozno, Dunaj, Feteasca Regala, Frankovka Modra, Irsai Oliver, Milia, Modrý Portugal, Muškát Moravský, Muškát Ottonel, Müller Thurgau, Neronet, Neuburské, Noria, Pálava, Rizling Rýnsky, Rizling Vlasský, Rulandské Biele, Rulandské Modré, Rulandské Šedé, Sauvignon, Silvánske Zelené, Svatovavřinecké, Tramín Cervený, Veltlínske Cervené Skoré, Veltlínské Zelené, Zweigeltrebe
Other grapes
Breslava, Hetera, Hron, Rimava, Rosa, Rudava, Torysa, Váh

Where it is

Nearest town
3.3 km south-west of Nitra
Nearest city
34 km north of Nové Zámky 36,781 people
To the sea
430 km
Rivers nearby
Váh (19 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation
110–878 m
Mean elevation
212 m

Measured over the whole outline on 78,218 elevation cells of about 203 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 192

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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