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Saale-Unstrut

Wine region

Saale-Unstrut is a wine region in Germany across 51 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

One of the northernmost quality wine regions of Europe, along the Saale and Unstrut rivers, on shell limestone.
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The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type
g.U. (PDO)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
327,375 ha registered outline
Separate plots
13
Extent N–S × E–W
201.56 × 154.37 km
Centre
51.2339° N, 11.7603° E
Grapes
Acolon, André, Auxerrois, Bacchus, Blauer Frühburgunder, Blauer Limberger, Blauer Portugieser, Blauer Silvaner, Blauer Spätburgunder, Blauer Trollinger, Blauer Zweigelt, Cabernet Blanc, Cabernet Cortis, Cabernet Dorio, Cabernet Dorsa, Cabernet Jura, Cabernet Mitos, Cabertin, Chardonnay, Domina, Dornfelder, Dunkelfelder, Faberrebe, Gelber Muskateller, Grüner Silvaner, Grüner Veltliner, Helios, Huxelrebe, Hölder, Johanniter, Kerner, Kernling, Merlot, Merzling, Morio Muskat, Muscaris, Muskat Ottonel, Müller Thurgau, Müllerrebe, Ortega, Phoenix, Pinotin, Regent, Rieslaner, Rondo, Roter Elbling, Roter Gutedel, Roter Muskateller, Roter Riesling, Roter Traminer, Ruländer, Saint Laurent, Saphira, Sauvignon Blanc, Scheurebe, Schönburger, Solaris, Villaris, Weißer Burgunder, Weißer Elbling, Weißer Gutedel, Weißer Riesling
Max yield
90 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
10 km north of Naumburg
Nearest city
15 km north-west of Weißenfels 37,929 people
To the sea
298 km
Rivers nearby
Unstrut (1.9 km) · Saale (7.2 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation
8–618 m
Mean elevation
198 m

Measured over the whole outline on 23,506 elevation cells of about 380 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

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

Communes · 51

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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