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Eger

Appellation

Eger is an appellation in Hungary across 19 communes.

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Key facts

Official name
Eger / Egri
Type
OEM (PDO)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2006-02-17
Area
56,917 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
34.07 × 30.87 km
Centre
47.9077° N, 20.3661° E
Grapes
Alibernet, Blauburger, Bouvier, Bíbor Kadarka, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Chasselas, Cserszegi Füszeres, Csókaszölö, Ezerfürtü, Furmint, Gyöngyrizling, Hamburgi Muskotály, Hárslevelü, Irsai Oliver, Juhfark, Kabar, Kadarka, Kerner, Királyleányka, Kármin, Kékfrankos, Kékoportó, Menoire, Merlot, Mátrai Muskotály, Mézes, Olasz Rizling, Ottonel Muskotály, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Rajnai Rizling, Rizlingszilváni, Sauvignon, Syrah, Szürkebarát, Sárga Muskotály, Tramini, Viognier, Zefir, Zengö, Zenit, Zweigelt, Zöld Szagos, Zöld Szilváni, Zöld Veltelíni
Max yield
100 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,700 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
around the town of Eger
Nearest city
38 km south-west of Miskolc 154,521 people
To the sea
536 km
Same latitude
Puget Sound (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
61–931 m
Mean elevation
234 m

Measured over the whole outline on 54,607 elevation cells of about 102 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 19

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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