El Vicario

Appellation

El Vicario is an appellation in Spain in Ciudad Real. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2019-08-06
Area: 28,506 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 26.44 × 19.55 km
Centre: 38.9659° N, 4.0060° W
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Garnacha Tinta, Graciano, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo
Max yield: 105 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 7 km west of Ciudad Real
Nearest city: 32 km north-east of Puertollano 51,842 people
To the sea: 247 km
Rivers nearby: Guadiana (1 km)
Same latitude: McDowell Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 573–782 m
Mean elevation: 628 m
Mean slope: 3.0° (5 %)
Steepest tenth: above 7°
Faces: several directions, mostly south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 324,672 elevation cells of about 30 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Mixed sedimentary rocks44%
Basic volcanic rocks (basalt)31%
Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)21%

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

Communes · 1

Ciudad Real

Wineries · 1

Pago del Vicario

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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