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Pla de Bages

Appellation

Pla de Bages is an appellation in Spain across 27 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP
Category
Liqueur Wine/Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
108,086 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
37.99 × 49.24 km
Centre
41.7944° N, 1.8122° E
Grapes
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Garnacha Tinta, Gewürztraminer, Macabeo, Malvasía Aromatica, Mazuela, Merlot, Parellada, Picapoll Blanco, Picapoll Negro, Sauvignon Blanc, Sumoll Tinto, Syrah, Tempranillo
Other grapes
Garró
Max yield
70 hl/ha
Min planting density
2,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
7.4 km north of Manresa
Nearest city
30 km north-west of Terrassa 218,535 people
To the sea
61 km
Rivers nearby
Cardener (2.6 km)
Same latitude
Kakheti (Georgia), Southeastern New England (United States), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
164–984 m
Mean elevation
473 m

Measured over the whole outline on 83,828 elevation cells of about 114 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 · 27

Wineries · 12

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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