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Rutherglen

Appellation

Rutherglen is a GI region of North East Victoria in Australia.

North-east Victoria, hot and dry, famous for fortified Muscat and Topaque aged for decades in a solera-like system.
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The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type
GI region (Wine Australia)
Protected since
1997-09-02
Area
99,832 ha registered outline
Centre
36.1121° S, 146.5156° E
State
Victoria
Legal basis
Wine Australia Act 2013; Register of Protected GIs and Other Terms.

Outline: From the Wine Australia GI register, via the adynak/WineRegions copy.

Where it is

Nearest town
17 km south-east of Corowa
Nearest city
33 km west of Wodonga 38,949 people
To the sea
238 km
Rivers nearby
Murray (13 km)
Lakes nearby
Mulwala (28 km)
Same latitude
Longaví (Chile)

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

Terrain

Elevation
124–589 m
Mean elevation
198 m

Measured over the whole outline on 66,325 elevation cells of about 124 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wineries · 22

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