Мелник

Мелник is an appellation in Bulgaria in Petrich.

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

Key facts

Type

ЗНП (PDO)

Category

Wine

Protected since

2007-05-10

Area

64,663 ha registered outline

Separate plots

4

Extent N–S × E–W

26.06 × 39.3 km

Centre

41.4382° N, 23.1790° E

Grapes

Merlot

Min planting density

1,112 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

5 km north of Petrich

Nearest city

50 km north-west of Sérres 58,287 people

To the sea

91 km

Rivers nearby

Truma (8.5 km) · Struma (20 km)

Lakes nearby

Kerkini (19 km)

Same latitude

Martha's Vineyard (United States), Bolnisi (Georgia), Huanren icewine (China), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

64–1,930 m

Mean elevation

562 m

Measured over the whole outline on 197,919 elevation cells of about 57 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 1

• Petrich

Sources

EU register of geographical indications