Bizeljčan

Appellation

Bizeljčan is an appellation in Slovenia across 7 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: ZGP (PDO)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2009-08-01
Area: 116,990 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 54.32 × 49.81 km
Centre: 46.0685° N, 15.4367° E
Grapes: Bela Zlahtnina, Beli Pinot, Chardonnay, Dišeci Traminec, Gamay, Kerner, Kraljevina, Laški Rizling, Modra Frankinja, Modri Pinot, Portugalka, Radgonska Ranina, Ranfol, Rdeca Zlahtnina, Renski Rizling, Rizvanec, Rumeni Muškat, Rumeni Plavec, Sauvignon, Sivi Pinot, Traminec, Zametovka, Zeleni Silvanec, Zweigelt, Šentlovrenka, Šipon
Other grapes: Neuburger
Max yield: 80 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 13 km north of Krško
Nearest city: 23 km south-east of Celje 38,059 people
To the sea: 113 km
Rivers nearby: Sava (5.6 km)
Same latitude: Horse Heaven Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 129–1,016 m
Mean elevation: 326 m

Measured over the whole outline on 104,882 elevation cells of about 106 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)49%
Unconsolidated sediments44%

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

Communes · 7

Bistrica Ob Sotli
Brežice
Kozje
Krško
Sevnica
Unk
Šentjur

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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