In delineating the geographical boundaries for Botnia Ice cider we have an over-arching theme.
The area needs to have a spring to autumn growth season sufficient to produce fruit on a larger scale for ice cider production and natural winter temperatures sufficiently low to concentrate the sugars in said fruit.
If you combine the horticultural criteria with an area that is likely to consistently produce winters cold enough to use natural cold to concentrate the sugars in the fruit you end up with an area that in terms of latitude closely follows the area published in the 1572 map of Scandinavia from Olaus Magnus as Botnia Occedentalis and Botnia Orientalis showing that the protected status name “Botnia” has a history as far back as the first written sources in connection to the Botnia area.
Olaus Magnus, 1490-1557. - Carta marina [Kartografiskt material] / utgiven av Olaus Magnus 1539 ; kopia i kopparstick av Antonio Lafreri 1572. - 1995 - [Reproduktion], National Library of Sweden
In addition, we have overlaid existing locations of orchards planted for commercial production within the area and the locations of the three producers in the original application.
Together the main climatological and horticultural criteria; the ability to grow the listed apple varieties within the protected status area; the presence of orchards established for the purpose to provide fruit to producers; the presence of producers and the production criteria; that the natural sugars in the fruit be concentrated using natural cold, forms the protected status area of Botnia Iscider.
The following municipalities make up the
proposed extent of the protected status:
FINLAND (finnish/swedish).
Maalahti/Malax; Korsnäs/Korsnäs; Närpiö/Närpes; Laihia/Laihela; Mustasaari/Korsholm; Pedersören kunta/Pedersöre; Uusikaarlepyy/Nykarleby; Vaasa/Vasa; Vöyri/Vörå; Luoto/Larsmo; Pietarsaari/Jakobstad; Kruunupyy/Kronoby.
SWEDEN
Bjurholm; Kramfors; Nordmaling; Örnsköldsvik; Robertsfors; Skellefteå; Umeå; Vännäs; Vindeln; Lycksele.