Setúbal

Appellation

Setúbal is an appellation in Portugal across 15 communes. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC)
Category: Liqueur Wine
Protected since: 1991-12-24
Area: 115,432 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 48.24 × 63.68 km
Centre: 38.6305° N, 8.8015° W
Grapes: Antão Vaz, Aragonez, Arinto, Bastardo, Castelão, Fernão Pires, Malvasia Fina, Moscatel Galego Branco, Moscatel Galego Roxo R, Moscatel Graúdo, Rabo De Ovelha, Roupeiro Branco, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira, Verdelho, Viosinho
Max yield: 80 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 9.8 km east of Pinhal Novo
Nearest city: 14 km north-east of Setúbal 118,166 people
To the sea: 7.6 km
Same latitude: Central Anatolia (Cappadocia) (Türkiye), Helan Mountain East (Ningxia) (China), Indiana Uplands (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: 0–489 m
Mean elevation: 57 m

Measured over the whole outline on 81,925 elevation cells of about 119 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)84%
Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)11%

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

Communes · 15

Atalaia E Alto Estanqueiro-Jardia
Azeitão (São Lourenço E São Simão)
Canha
Gâmbia-Pontes-Alto Da Guerra
Montijo E Afonsoeiro
Palmela
Pegões
Pinhal Novo
Poceirão E Marateca
Quinta Do Anjo
S.Julião, N.S. Da Anunciada E S.Maria Da Graça
Sado
Sarilhos Grandes
Sesimbra (Castelo)
Setúbal (São Sebastião)

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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