Murfatlar

Appellation

Murfatlar is an appellation in Romania across 14 communes.

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Key facts

Type: DOC (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 125,901 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 46.63 × 58.37 km
Centre: 44.2831° N, 28.2150° E
Grapes: Burgund Mare, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Columna, Crâmpoşie, Fetească Albă, Fetească Neagrăn, Fetească Regală, Merlot, Muscat Ottonel, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling De Rhin, Riesling Italian, Sauvignon, Syrah, Tămâioasă Românească
Max yield: 105 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,300 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 6.6 km north-west of Medgidia
Nearest city: 35 km north-west of Constanţa 317,832 people
To the sea: 33 km
Rivers nearby: Danube (19 km)
Lakes nearby: Tașaul (30 km)
Same latitude: Prince Edward County (Canada), Wisconsin Ledge (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 1–199 m
Mean elevation: 72 m

Measured over the whole outline on 106,135 elevation cells of about 109 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 14

Castelu
Cernavoda
Ciocarlia
Medgidia
Mircea Voda
Murfatlar
Ovidiu
Pestera
Poarta Alba
Rasova
Seimeni
Silistea
Tortoman
Valu Lui Traian

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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