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Mergelland

Appellation

Mergelland is an appellation in the Netherlands across 9 communes. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type
BOB (PDO)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2018-02-14
Area
42,662 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
26.27 × 27.33 km
Centre
50.8699° N, 5.8025° E
Other grapes
Auxerrois, Chardonnay, Dornfelder, Gewürztraminer, Müller Thurgau, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir Precoce, Riesling
Max yield
85 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
6.2 km north-east of Heer
Nearest city
8 km east of Maastricht 122,378 people
To the sea
113 km
Rivers nearby
Maas (7.7 km)
Same latitude
Shuswap (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
11–324 m
Mean elevation
116 m

Measured over the whole outline on 183,919 elevation cells of about 48 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 · 9

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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