Terra Alta

Appellation

Terra Alta is an appellation in Spain across 12 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: 1986-06-13
Area: 74,207 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 46.74 × 31.12 km
Centre: 41.0314° N, 0.4059° E
Grapes: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Garnacha Blanca, Garnacha Peluda, Garnacha Tinta, Macabeo, Mazuela, Merlot, Moscatel De Alejandria, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Parellada, Pedro Ximénez, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo, Viognier
Other grapes: Garnacha Tintorera, Morenillo
Max yield: 70 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 20 km west of Móra d'Ebre
Nearest city: 26 km north of Tortosa 35,143 people
To the sea: 35 km
Rivers nearby: Ebro (11 km)
Same latitude: Tavush (Armenia), North Fork of Long Island (United States), Huanren icewine (China), Bolnisi (Georgia)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 44–1,189 m
Mean elevation: 404 m

Measured over the whole outline on 224,585 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

Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)85%
Unconsolidated sediments10%

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

Communes · 12

Arnes
Batea
Bot
Caseres
Corbera D'Ebre
Fatarella, La
Gandesa
Horta De Sant Joan
Pinell De Brai, El
Pobla De Massaluca, La
Prat De Comte
Vilalba Dels Arcs

Wineries · 3

Celler Batea
Celler La Botera
Celler Piñol

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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