El Hierro

Appellation

El Hierro is an appellation in Spain in Frontera, Pinar Del Hierro, El and Valverde.

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Key facts

Type: DOP
Category: Liqueur Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine Of Overripe Grapes
Protected since: 1996-11-15
Area: 26,858 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 23.39 × 27.39 km
Centre: 27.7477° N, 18.0524° W
Grapes: Albillo, Bastardo Blanco, Bastardo Negro, Bermejuela, Breval, Burrablanca, Forastera Blanca, Gual, Listán Blanco De Canarias, Listán Negro, Malvasía Aromatica, Malvasía Rosada, Malvasía Volcánica, Moscatel De Alejandria, Moscatel Negro, Negramoll, Pedro Ximénez, Tintilla, Torrontés, Verdello, Vijariego Blanco, Vijariego Negro
Max yield: 111 hl/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 102 km south of Los Llanos de Aridane
Nearest city: 140 km west of Arona 78,614 people
To the sea: 1.1 km

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

Terrain

Elevation: 0–1,497 m
Mean elevation: 548 m

Measured over the whole outline on 59,478 elevation cells of about 68 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 3

Frontera
Pinar Del Hierro, El
Valverde

Wineries · 1

Bodegas Uwe Urbach Shop Route 66

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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