Switzerland · Cantonal AOC
AOC Zürich
Appellation
AOC Zürich is an appellation of Deutschschweiz in Switzerland. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.
Vineyards around Lake Zürich and in the Weinland north of the city. Blauburgunder (Pinot Noir) and Räuschling, an old local white grape.
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Key facts
- Type
- Cantonal AOC
- Extent N–S × E–W
- 59.17 × 47.24 km
- Centre
- 47.4275° N, 8.6510° E
- Wine region
- Deutschschweiz
Where it is
- Nearest town
- 4.2 km north-east of Dübendorf
- Nearest city
- 10 km north-east of Zürich 415,367 people
- To the sea
- 333 km
- Rivers nearby
- Limmat (10 km) · Rhein (16 km)
- Lakes nearby
- Zurich (11 km) · Zug (30 km)
- Same latitude
- Rocky Reach (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
- 332–1,272 m
- Mean elevation
- 533 m
Measured over the whole outline on 162,320 elevation cells of about 103 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Bedrock
- Unconsolidated sediments54%
- Mixed sedimentary rocks46%
Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Wineries · 5
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