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Vipavska dolina

Appellation

Vipavska dolina is an appellation in Slovenia across 9 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
ZGP (PDO)
Category
Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2006-02-17
Area
120,462 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
56.13 × 43.06 km
Centre
45.8568° N, 13.8413° E
Grapes
Barbera, Beli Pinot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Klarnica, Laški Rizling, Malvazija, Merlot, Modri Pinot, Pergolin, Pikolit, Pinela, Poljsakica, Prosecco, Rebula, Refošk, Rumeni Muškat, Sauvignon, Sivi Pinot, Syrah, Vitovska Grganja, Zelen, Zeleni Sauvignon
Max yield
80 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
6.2 km west of Ajdovščina
Nearest city
24 km north-east of Trieste 204,338 people
To the sea
19 km
Same latitude
The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
23–1,476 m
Mean elevation
487 m

Measured over the whole outline on 107,024 elevation cells of about 106 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 · 9

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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