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Beira Interior

Appellation

Beira Interior is an appellation in Portugal across 200 communes. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC)
Category
Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
809,106 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
164.5 × 100.99 km
Centre
40.0888° N, 7.3972° W
Grapes
Alfrocheiro, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante Branco, Aragonez, Arinto, Arinto Do Interior, Baga, Bastardo, Bical, Cabernet Sauvignon, Caladoc, Camarate, Chardonnay, Encruzado, Fernão Pires, Folgasão, Folha De Figueira, Fonte Cal, Gouveio, Grand Noir, Jaen, Malvasia Fina, Malvasia Rei, Marufo, Merlot, Mourisco, Petit Bouschet, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Rufete, Sauvignon, Syrah, Síria, Tinta Barocca, Tinta Carvalha, Tinto Cao, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira
Other grapes
Rabo De Ovelha Tinto
Max yield
55 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
10 km south-east of Fundão
Nearest city
31 km north-east of Castelo Branco 33,479 people
To the sea
124 km
Rivers nearby
Zêzere (18 km)
Same latitude
Thrace-Marmara (Türkiye), Armavir (Armenia), Lancaster 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
77–1,973 m
Mean elevation
540 m

Measured over the whole outline on 37,855 elevation cells of about 466 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 · 200

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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