Bucelas

Bucelas is an appellation in Portugal in Bucelas, Fanhões and Santo Antão E São Julião Do Tojal. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 6.6 km north of Loures and 11 km north of Odivelas.

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

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC)

Category

Wine

Protected since

1991-12-24

Area

7,400 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

11.98 × 10.44 km

Centre

38.8895° N, 9.1594° W

Grapes

Arinto, Rabo De Ovelha, Sercial

Max yield

70 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,300 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

6.6 km north of Loures

Nearest city

11 km north of Odivelas 54,624 people

To the sea

8.1 km

Same latitude

Central Anatolia (Cappadocia) (Türkiye), Yorkville Highlands (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

2–408 m

Mean elevation

160 m

Mean slope

9.4° (17 %)

Steepest tenth

above 18°

Faces

several directions, mostly south

Measured over the whole outline on 335,633 elevation cells of about 15 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)67%
• Basic volcanic rocks (basalt)25%

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

Communes · 3

• Bucelas
• Fanhões
• Santo Antão E São Julião Do Tojal

Sources

EU register of geographical indications