Spain · DOP
Bierzo
Appellation
Bierzo is an appellation in Spain across 31 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.
North-western Castilla y León, for Mencía reds on slate and granite slopes.
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Key facts Type DOP Category Wine Protected since 1992-06-20 Area 237,038 ha registered outline Extent N–S × E–W 60.58 × 78.86 km Centre 42.5735° N, 6.6650° W Grapes Alarije, Doña Blanca, Garnacha Tintoréra, Godello, Mencía, Merenzao, Palomino Other grapes Estaladiña Irrigation Prohibited Where it is Nearest town 6.4 km north-west of Ponferrada Nearest city 110 km south-west of Oviedo 220,027 people To the sea 105 km Rivers nearby Sil (4 km) Same latitude Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Fennville (United States), Lake Erie North Shore (Canada)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 358–2,069 m Mean elevation 924 m Measured over the whole outline on 47,307 elevation cells of about 225 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.
Bedrock Mixed sedimentary rocks47% Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)33% Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)20% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 31 Arganza Bembibre Benuza Berlanga Del Bierzo Borrenes Cabañas Raras Cacabelos Camponaraya Carracedelo Carucedo Castropodame Congosto Corullón Cubillos Del Sil Fabero Folgoso De La Ribera Igüeña Molinaseca Noceda Del Bierzo Oencia Ponferrada Priaranza Del Bierzo Puente De Domingo Flórez Sancedo Sobrado Toral De Los Vados Toreno Torre Del Bierzo Trabadelo Vega De Espinareda Villafranca Del Bierzo Wineries · 21 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications
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