Graciosa

Appellation

Graciosa is an appellation in Portugal across 4 communes. It lies 83 km north-west of Angra do Heroísmo.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 1996-11-15
Area: 6,070 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 9.8 × 10.76 km
Centre: 39.0490° N, 28.0281° W
Grapes: Arinto, Bical, Boal Branco, Fernão Pires, Generosa, Malvasia, Rio Grande, Seara Nova, Sercial, Tamarez, Verdelho
Max yield: 70 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 83 km north-west of Angra do Heroísmo
Nearest city: 1,225 km north-west of Funchal 105,795 people
To the sea: 3 km
Same latitude: Syunik (Armenia), High Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: -4–395 m
Mean elevation: 101 m
Mean slope: 7.4° (13 %)
Steepest tenth: above 19°
Faces: several directions, mostly north

Measured over the whole outline on 277,277 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.

Communes · 4

Guadalupe
Luz
Santa Cruz Da Graciosa
São Mateus

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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