Dolenjska

Appellation

Dolenjska is an appellation in Slovenia across 22 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: ZGP (PDO)
Category: Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 2006-02-17
Area: 272,203 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 59.62 × 79.68 km
Centre: 45.8693° N, 15.2273° 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, Rumeni Muškat, Rumeni Plavec, Sauvignon, Scheurebe, Sivi Pinot, Traminec, Zametovka, Zeleni Silvanec, Zweigelt, Šentlovrenka
Max yield: 80 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 8.6 km north-east of Novo Mesto
Nearest city: 49 km north of Karlovac 41,869 people
To the sea: 86 km
Rivers nearby: Sava (19 km)
Same latitude: The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 132–1,133 m
Mean elevation: 367 m

Measured over the whole outline on 60,787 elevation cells of about 213 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)63%
Unconsolidated sediments27%
Mixed sedimentary rocks10%

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

Communes · 22

Brežice
Dolenjske Toplice
Ivančna Gorica
Kostanjevica Na Krki
Krško
Litija
Mirna
Mirna Peč
Mokronog-Trebelno
Novo Mesto
Radeče
Semič
Sevnica
Straža
Trebnje
Unk
Šentjernej
Šentrupert
Škocjan
Šmarješke Toplice
Šmartno Pri Litiji
Žužemberk

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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