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Lebrija

Lebrija is an appellation in Spain in Cuervo De Sevilla, El and Lebrija. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type

DOP

Category

Liqueur Wine/Wine

Protected since

2009-08-01

Area

40,570 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

25.87 × 32.16 km

Centre

36.9652° N, 6.0922° W

Grapes

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Moscatel De Alejandria, Palomino, Palomino Fino, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo, Tintilla De Rota

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Lebrija

Nearest city

31 km north of Jerez de la Frontera 212,879 people

To the sea

9.8 km

Rivers nearby

Guadalquivir (9 km)

Same latitude

Yantai (China), Madera (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–208 m

Mean elevation

19 m

Measured over the whole outline on 109,456 elevation cells of about 61 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

• Unconsolidated sediments62%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks23%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)12%

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

Communes · 2

• Cuervo De Sevilla, El
• Lebrija

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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