Cangas

Appellation

Cangas is an appellation in Spain across 8 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2004-04-16
Area: 238,001 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 63.82 × 56.7 km
Centre: 43.1731° N, 6.6107° W
Grapes: Albarín Blanco, Albillo Mayor, Bruñal, Carrasquin, Garnacha Tintoréra, Gewürztraminer, Godello, Mencía, Merlot, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Picapoll Blanco, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Verdejo Negro
Max yield: 70 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,000 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 5.1 km west of Cangas del Narcea
Nearest city: 65 km west of Oviedo 220,027 people
To the sea: 42 km
Same latitude: Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Escarpment (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 106–1,981 m
Mean elevation: 817 m

Measured over the whole outline on 192,631 elevation cells of about 112 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Mixed sedimentary rocks60%
Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)37%

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

Communes · 8

Allande
Cangas Del Narcea
Degaña
Grandas De Salime
Ibias
Illano
Pesoz
Tineo

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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