Ribera del Júcar

Appellation

Ribera del Júcar is an appellation in Spain across 7 communes. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2004-04-14
Area: 40,870 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 28.39 × 27.72 km
Centre: 39.3600° N, 2.1809° W
Grapes: Airén, Bobal, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Macabeo, Merlot, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Petit Verdot, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo, Verdejo
Max yield: 90 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 17 km north of La Roda
Nearest city: 49 km north-west of Albacete 173,050 people
To the sea: 159 km
Rivers nearby: Júcar-Xúquer (7.5 km)
Same latitude: Syunik (Armenia), Ankara (Kalecik) (Türkiye), North Yuba (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 661–894 m
Mean elevation: 750 m

Measured over the whole outline on 117,757 elevation cells of about 59 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)54%
Mixed sedimentary rocks25%
Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)15%

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

Communes · 7

Casas De Benítez
Casas De Fernando Alonso
Casas De Guijarro
Casas De Haro
Picazo, El
Pozoamargo
Sisante

Wineries · 2

Bodega Artesanal Las Calzadas
Cooperativa Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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