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Cariñena

Appellation

Cariñena is an appellation in Spain across 14 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP
Category
Liqueur Wine/Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine Of Overripe Grapes
Protected since
1989-10-07
Area
77,737 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
33.05 × 38.61 km
Centre
41.3794° N, 1.1609° W
Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Garnacha Blanca, Garnacha Tinta, Macabeo, Mazuela, Merlot, Monastrell, Moristel, Moscatel De Alejandria, Parellada, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo, Verdejo, Vidadillo
Max yield
66.6 hl/ha
Min planting density
1,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
21 km south-east of La Almunia de Doña Godina
Nearest city
39 km south-west of Zaragoza 686,986 people
To the sea
182 km
Rivers nearby
Jiloca (24 km)
Same latitude
Martha's Vineyard (United States), Bolnisi (Georgia), Huanren icewine (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation
376–1,255 m
Mean elevation
615 m

Measured over the whole outline on 59,525 elevation cells of about 115 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

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

Communes · 14

Wineries · 7

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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