Zala

Appellation

Zala is an appellation in Hungary across 37 communes. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Official name: Zala / Zalai
Type: OEM (PDO)
Category: Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 92,526 ha registered outline
Separate plots: 5
Extent N–S × E–W: 74.03 × 60.32 km
Centre: 46.8911° N, 17.2188° E
Grapes: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Cserszegi Füszeres, Furmint, Hárslevelü, Kadarka, Kékfrankos, Merlot, Olasz Rizling, Pinot Noir, Rajnai Rizling, Rizlingszilváni, Zweigelt, Zöld Veltelíni
Max yield: 100 hl/ha
Min planting density: 2,381 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 14 km north of Keszthely
Nearest city: 29 km east of Zalaegerszeg 61,898 people
To the sea: 271 km
Rivers nearby: Zala (9.7 km)
Lakes nearby: Balaton (14 km)
Same latitude: Royal Slope (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: 104–394 m
Mean elevation: 179 m

Measured over the whole outline on 85,909 elevation cells of about 105 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Unconsolidated sediments92%

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

Communes · 37

Bak
Becsehely
Bérbaltavár
Csörnyeföld
Dióskál
Dobri
Egeraracsa
Eszteregnye
Galambok
Garabonc
Homokkomárom
Kerkateskánd
Lenti
Letenye
Magyarszerdahely
Miháld
Murarátka
Muraszemenye
Nagykanizsa
Nagyrada
Orosztony
Pakod
Rigyác
Szentgyörgyvár
Szécsisziget
Sármellék
Söjtör
Tormafölde
Valkonya
Vindornyalak
Vindornyaszőlős
Zajk
Zalabér
Zalakaros
Zalaszabar
Zalaszentgrót
Zalaszántó

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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