Yecla

Appellation

Yecla is an appellation in Spain in Yecla. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.

Open Yecla on the map →

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type: DOP
Category: Liqueur Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 1986-06-13
Area: 60,569 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 35.05 × 29.83 km
Centre: 38.6047° N, 1.1467° W
Grapes: Airén, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Garnacha Tinta, Garnacha Tintoréra, Macabeo, Malvasía Aromatica, Merlot, Merseguera, Monastrell, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Petit Verdot, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo, Verdejo
Max yield: 63 hl/ha
Min planting density: 1,100 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: around the town of Yecla
Nearest city: 25 km west of Villena 35,222 people
To the sea: 67 km
Same latitude: Central Anatolia (Cappadocia) (Türkiye), Helan Mountain East (Ningxia) (China), Fair Play (United States), Yamagata (Japan)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 532–1,192 m
Mean elevation: 691 m

Measured over the whole outline on 170,441 elevation cells of about 60 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)45%
Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)33%
Mixed sedimentary rocks22%

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

Communes · 1

Yecla

Wineries · 2

Bodegas Castaño
Weingut Señorio de Barahonda

From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

Open Yecla on the map →