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Mátra

Appellation

Mátra is an appellation in Hungary across 36 communes. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Official name
Mátra / Mátrai
Type
OEM (PDO)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2006-02-17
Area
169,981 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
65.18 × 109.4 km
Centre
47.7775° N, 19.9236° E
Grapes
Blauburger, Bíbor Kadarka, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Chasselas, Cserszegi Füszeres, Furmint, Hárslevelü, Irsai Oliver, Kadarka, Királyleányka, Kékfrankos, Leányka, Merlot, Olasz Rizling, Ottonel Muskotály, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Rajnai Rizling, Rizlingszilváni, Sauvignon, Syrah, Szürkebarát, Sárga Muskotály, Tramini, Turán, Zenit, Zweigelt, Zöld Veltelíni
Max yield
100 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,500 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
next to Gyöngyös
Nearest city
36 km west of Eger 53,876 people
To the sea
500 km
Same latitude
Lake Chelan (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
34–1,017 m
Mean elevation
212 m

Measured over the whole outline on 40,978 elevation cells of about 206 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 · 36

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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