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Sierra de Salamanca
Appellation
Sierra de Salamanca is an appellation in Spain across 26 communes. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks.
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Key facts Type DOP Category Wine Protected since 2011-12-14 Area 50,770 ha outline of listed communes Extent N–S × E–W 34.12 × 30.73 km Centre 40.4346° N, 6.0544° W Grapes Garnacha Tinta, Macabeo, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Palomino, Rufete, Tempranillo Other grapes Rufete Serrano Blanco Max yield 64.8 hl/ha Min planting density 4,400 vines/ha Where it is Nearest town 25 km north-west of Béjar Nearest city 45 km north of Plasencia 40,141 people To the sea 216 km Rivers nearby Alagón (2.2 km) Same latitude Aragatsotn (Armenia), Manton Valley (United States), Shacheng (Huailai) (China)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 371–1,448 m Mean elevation 771 m Measured over the whole outline on 151,200 elevation cells of about 58 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.
Bedrock Acid plutonic rocks (granite)39% Mixed sedimentary rocks32% Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)27% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 26 Casas Del Conde, Las Cepeda Cerro, El Cristóbal Garcibuey Herguijuela De La Sierra Lagunilla Madroñal Miranda Del Castañar Mogarraz Molinillo Monforte De La Sierra Montemayor Del Río Pinedas San Esteban De La Sierra San Martín Del Castañar San Miguel De Valero Santibáñez De La Sierra Santos, Los Sequeros Sotoserrano Tornadizo, El Valdefuentes De Sangusín Valdelageve Valero Villanueva Del Conde Wineries · 4 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications
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