Colares

Colares is an appellation in Portugal in Colares, S.Maria, S.Miguel, S.Martinho, S.Pedro Penaferrim and São João Das Lampas E Terrugem. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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

18,047 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

21.42 × 14.82 km

Centre

38.8387° N, 9.4145° W

Grapes

Arinto, Castelão, Fernão Pires, Galego Dourado, Jampal, Malvasia, Parreira Matias, Tinta Miúda, Tinta Negra, Vital

Max yield

70 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

5.2 km north-west of Sintra

Nearest city

8 km north-west of Algueirão 66,250 people

To the sea

3.8 km

Same latitude

Central Anatolia (Cappadocia) (Türkiye), West Elks (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–522 m

Mean elevation

138 m

Mean slope

6.8° (12 %)

Steepest tenth

above 16°

Faces

several directions, mostly west

Measured over the whole outline on 204,880 elevation cells of about 30 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)59%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)13%

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

Communes · 3

• Colares
• S.Maria, S.Miguel, S.Martinho, S.Pedro Penaferrim
• São João Das Lampas E Terrugem

Sources

EU register of geographical indications