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Долината на Струма

Appellation

Долината на Струма is an appellation in Bulgaria across 22 communes.

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Key facts

Type
ЗНП (PDO)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2007-05-10
Area
944,963 ha registered outline
Separate plots
2
Extent N–S × E–W
170.31 × 136.99 km
Centre
42.0912° N, 23.0644° E
Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Dimiat, Keratsuda, Melnik 82, Melnim Ybileen 1300, Melnishki Rubin, Merlot, Misket Cherven, Misket Sandanski, Muscat Ottonel, Pamid, Pinot Noir, Ranna Melnishka Loza, Rkatsiteli, Rubin, Sauvignon Blanc, Shiroka Melnishka Loza, Syrah, Tamyanka, Ugni Blanc
Min planting density
1,112 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
9 km north of Blagoevgrad
Nearest city
20 km south-west of Dupnitsa 34,764 people
To the sea
161 km
Rivers nearby
Truma (1.9 km)
Same latitude
Kakheti (Georgia), Lake Erie (United States), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
66–2,818 m
Mean elevation
969 m

Measured over the whole outline on 46,394 elevation cells of about 454 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 22

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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