Pietroasa

Appellation

Pietroasa is an appellation in Romania in Pietroasele. It lies 7.7 km west of Merei and 19 km west of Buzău.

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Key facts

Type: DOC (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 5,587 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 18.29 × 9.38 km
Centre: 45.1009° N, 26.5968° E
Grapes: Burgund Mare, Busuioacă De Bohotin, Băbeasacă Neagră, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Fetească Albă, Fetească Neagrăn, Fetească Regală, Grasă De Cotnari, Merlot, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling Italian, Sauvignon, Tămâioasă Românească
Max yield: 98 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,330 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 7.7 km west of Merei
Nearest city: 19 km west of Buzău 103,481 people
To the sea: 183 km
Same latitude: Eola-Amity Hills (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 78–661 m
Mean elevation: 238 m
Mean slope: 5.0° (9 %)
Steepest tenth: above 13°
Faces: south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 77,487 elevation cells of about 27 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 1

Pietroasele

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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