Badacsony

Appellation

Badacsony is an appellation in Hungary across 16 communes. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Official name: Badacsony / Badacsonyi
Type: OEM (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2006-02-17
Area: 27,452 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 22.01 × 28.05 km
Centre: 46.8492° N, 17.4759° E
Grapes: Budai, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cserszegi Füszeres, Furmint, Hárslevelü, Irsai Oliver, Kékfrankos, Kéknyelü, Nektár, Olasz Rizling, Ottonel Muskotály, Pinot Noir, Rajnai Rizling, Rózsakö, Szürkebarát, Sárga Muskotály, Tramini, Vulcanus, Zefir, Zenit, Zeus
Max yield: 100 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,300 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 4.5 km south-east of Tapolca
Nearest city: 29 km south-west of Ajka 31,407 people
To the sea: 281 km
Rivers nearby: Zala (9.5 km)
Lakes nearby: Balaton (5.8 km)
Same latitude: Beverly Washington (United States), Vin du Québec (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 104–445 m
Mean elevation: 140 m

Measured over the whole outline on 101,043 elevation cells of about 52 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Unconsolidated sediments68%
Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)12%

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

Communes · 16

Badacsonytomaj
Badacsonytördemic
Balatonrendes
Balatonszepezd
Gyulakeszi
Hegymagas
Kisapáti
Káptalantóti
Kővágóörs
Nemesgulács
Raposka
Révfülöp
Salföld
Szigliget
Tapolca
Ábrahámhegy

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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