Carcavelos

Carcavelos is an appellation in Portugal across 5 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 3.3 km north-east of Cascais and 16 km west of Amadora.

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

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC)

Category

Liqueur Wine

Protected since

1991-12-24

Area

11,089 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

10.59 × 19.68 km

Centre

38.7241° N, 9.4064° W

Grapes

Amostrinha, Arinto, Boal Branco, Castelão, Galego Dourado, Malvasia Fina, Negra Mole, Preto Martinho, Rabo De Ovelha, Ratinho, Seara Nova, Trincadeira

Max yield

55 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,300 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

3.3 km north-east of Cascais

Nearest city

16 km west of Amadora 178,858 people

To the sea

2.2 km

Same latitude

Central Anatolia (Cappadocia) (Türkiye), Helan Mountain East (Ningxia) (China), Alexander Valley (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

-10–472 m

Mean elevation

88 m

Measured over the whole outline on 31,557 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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)66%
• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)13%

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

Communes · 5

• Alcabideche
• Carcavelos E Parede
• Cascais E Estoril
• Oeiras E S.Julião Da Barra, Paço De Arcos E Caxias
• São Domingos De Rana

Sources

EU register of geographical indications