Lagos

Appellation

Lagos is an appellation in Portugal across 11 communes. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 1991-12-24
Area: 68,043 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 49.68 × 33.52 km
Centre: 37.2220° N, 8.8000° W
Grapes: Alicante Bouschet, Aragonez, Arinto, Bastardo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Castelão, Manteúdo, Monvedro, Moscatel Graúdo, Negra Mole, Perrum, Síria, Touriga Nacional
Max yield: 60 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 11 km south of Aljezur
Nearest city: 17 km north-west of Lagos 33,494 people
To the sea: 7.3 km
Same latitude: Yantai (China), Santa Cruz Mountains (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 0–331 m
Mean elevation: 85 m

Measured over the whole outline on 46,586 elevation cells of about 122 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)64%
Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)15%
Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)15%

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

Communes · 11

Aljezur
Barão De São Miguel
Bensafrim E Barão De São João
Bordeira
Budens
Luz
Odeceixe
Odiáxere
Sagres
São Gonçalo De Lagos
Vila Do Bispo E Raposeira

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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