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Szekszárd

Appellation

Szekszárd is an appellation in Hungary across 15 communes. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Official name
Szekszárd / Szekszárdi
Type
OEM (PDO)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2006-02-17
Area
62,172 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
43.01 × 34.48 km
Centre
46.3050° N, 18.7791° E
Grapes
Alibernet, Blauburger, Bíbor Kadarka, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Cserszegi Füszeres, Ezerfürtü, Hárslevelü, Irsai Oliver, Kadarka, Királyleányka, Kékfrankos, Kékoportó, Leányka, Menoire, Merlot, Olasz Rizling, Ottonel Muskotály, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Rajnai Rizling, Rizlingszilváni, Sagrantino, Sauvignon, Syrah, Szürkebarát, Sárga Muskotály, Tannat, Tramini, Turán, Viognier, Zefir, Zenit, Zweigelt, Zöld Szagos, Zöld Szilváni, Zöld Veltelíni
Max yield
100 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,300 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
7 km south-east of Szekszárd
Nearest city
19 km north-west of Baja 37,714 people
To the sea
342 km
Rivers nearby
Sio (6.2 km) · Danube (11 km) · Ferenc Csatorna (16 km)
Same latitude
Snipes Mountain (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
66–294 m
Mean elevation
118 m

Measured over the whole outline on 223,804 elevation cells of about 53 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 · 15

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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