Монтана

Appellation

Монтана is an appellation in Bulgaria across 9 communes.

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Key facts

Type: ЗНП (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 299,808 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 80.46 × 65.72 km
Centre: 43.4773° N, 23.1946° E
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Misket Vrachanski, Pinot Noir, Riesling
Min planting density: 1,112 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 7.5 km north of Montana
Nearest city: 42 km north-west of Vratsa 49,569 people
To the sea: 299 km
Rivers nearby: Ogosta (7 km)
Same latitude: Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 22–2,000 m
Mean elevation: 321 m

Measured over the whole outline on 244,744 elevation cells of about 111 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 9

Berkovitsa
Boichinovtsi
Brusartsi
Georgi Damianovo
Medkovets
Montana
Valchedrum
Varshets
Yakimovo

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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