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Prekmurje

Appellation

Prekmurje is an appellation in Slovenia across 16 communes. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type
ZGP (PDO)
Category
Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2006-02-17
Area
69,817 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
44.8 × 46.77 km
Centre
46.6760° N, 16.3077° E
Grapes
Bela Zlahtnina, Beli Pinot, Chardonnay, Dišeci Traminec, Kerner, Laški Rizling, Modra Frankinja, Modri Pinot, Muškat Ottonel, Radgonska Ranina, Rdeca Zlahtnina, Renski Rizling, Rizvanec, Rumeni Muškat, Sauvignon, Sivi Pinot, Traminec, Zeleni Silvanec, Zweigelt, Šipon
Max yield
80 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
11 km east of Murska Sobota
Nearest city
52 km east of Maribor 96,209 people
To the sea
208 km
Rivers nearby
Mur (12 km) · Zala (21 km)
Same latitude
Naches Heights (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
144–415 m
Mean elevation
248 m

Measured over the whole outline on 64,266 elevation cells of about 105 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 · 16

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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