Heuvellandse wijn

Heuvellandse wijn is an appellation in Belgium in Heuvelland. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 9.7 km south-west of Ieper and 21 km north-west of Lille.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

BOB / AOP (PDO)

Category

Wine

Protected since

2009-08-08

Area

9,484 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

13.15 × 17.47 km

Centre

50.7679° N, 2.8429° E

Grapes

Auxerrois, Chardonnay, Dornfelder, Johanniter, Kerner, Muller Thurgau, Muscat, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Regent, Riesling, Siegerrebe

Other grapes

Cabernet Sauvignon

Max yield

80 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

9.7 km south-west of Ieper

Nearest city

21 km north-west of Lille 238,695 people

To the sea

44 km

Same latitude

Shuswap (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

18–152 m

Mean elevation

51 m

Mean slope

2.3° (4 %)

Steepest tenth

above 5°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 162,920 elevation cells of about 24 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

• Unconsolidated sediments92%

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

Communes · 1

• Heuvelland

Sources

EU register of geographical indications