Iaşi

Appellation

Iaşi is an appellation in Romania across 13 communes.

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Key facts

Type: DOC (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 70,323 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 40.41 × 43.16 km
Centre: 47.1870° N, 27.4416° E
Grapes: Aligoté, Arcaş, Busuioacă De Bohotin, Băbeasacă Neagră, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Fetească Albă, Fetească Neagrăn, Fetească Regală, Golia, Merlot, Muscat Ottonel, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling De Rhin, Riesling Italian, Sauvignon, Traminer Roz, Tămâioasă Românească, Şarba
Max yield: 85 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,330 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 1.9 km east of Leţcani
Nearest city: 12 km west of Iaşi 378,954 people
To the sea: 226 km
Rivers nearby: Prut (20 km)
Same latitude: Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley (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: 33–426 m
Mean elevation: 121 m

Measured over the whole outline on 65,893 elevation cells of about 104 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 13

Aroneanu
Barnova
Ciurea
Dumesti
Horlesti
Iasi
Letcani
Miroslava
Movileni
Podu Iloaiei
Rediu
Tomesti
Valea Lupului

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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