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Alentejo

Appellation

Alentejo is an appellation in Portugal across 85 communes. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

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The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC)
Category
Liqueur Wine/Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
912,883 ha registered outline
Separate plots
2
Extent N–S × E–W
195.9 × 128.65 km
Centre
38.3723° N, 7.5746° W
Grapes
Alfrocheiro, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante Branco, Alvarinho, Antão Vaz, Aragonez, Arinto, Baga, Bical, Cabernet Sauvignon, Caladoc, Carignan, Castelão, Chardonnay, Chasselas, Cinsaut, Corropio, Diagalves, Durif, Encruzado, Fernão Pires, Gewürztraminer, Gouveio, Grand Noir, Grenache, Larião, Malvasia Fina, Malvasia Rei, Manteúdo Preto, Marsanne, Merlot, Moreto, Moscatel Graúdo, Mourisco Branco, Nero D'Avola, Perrum, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Rabo De Ovelha, Riesling, Roussanne, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Sercial, Syrah, Síria, Tamarez, Tannat, Tinta Barocca, Tinta Caiada, Tinta Carvalha, Tinta Grossa, Tinta Miúda, Tinto Cao, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira Das Pratas, Trincadeira, Tália, Verdelho, Vermentino, Viognier, Viosinho, Zinfandel
Max yield
75 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
6.8 km south-west of Reguengos de Monsaraz
Nearest city
36 km south-east of Évora 53,591 people
To the sea
90 km
Rivers nearby
Guadiana (12 km)
Same latitude
Central Anatolia (Cappadocia) (Türkiye), Helan Mountain East (Ningxia) (China), Merritt Island (United States), Yamagata (Japan)

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

Terrain

Elevation
32–996 m
Mean elevation
253 m

Measured over the whole outline on 161,736 elevation cells of about 239 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

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

Communes · 85

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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