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Penedès

Appellation

Penedès is an appellation in Spain across 61 communes. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic 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
1986-06-13
Area
152,722 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
45.14 × 54.98 km
Centre
41.3815° N, 1.7020° E
Grapes
Alarije, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Garnacha Blanca, Garnacha Tinta, Gewürztraminer, Macabeo, Malvasía Aromatica, Mazuela, Merlot, Monastrell, Moscatel De Alejandria, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Parellada, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Sumoll Blanco, Sumoll Tinto, Syrah, Tempranillo, Viognier, Xarello
Other grapes
Forcada, Moneu, Xarello Rosado
Max yield
79.92 hl/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
3.9 km north of Vilafranca del Penedès
Nearest city
18 km north of Vilanova i la Geltrú 65,890 people
To the sea
18 km
Rivers nearby
Cardener (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
0–931 m
Mean elevation
310 m

Measured over the whole outline on 116,861 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 · 61

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Wineries · 25

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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