Lagoa

Appellation

Lagoa is an appellation in Portugal across 20 communes. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 1991-12-24
Area: 133,783 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 40.86 × 57.9 km
Centre: 37.1991° N, 8.1107° W
Grapes: Alicante Bouschet, Aragonez, Arinto, Cabernet Sauvignon, Castelão, Manteúdo, Monvedro, Moreto, Moscatel Graúdo, Negra Mole, Perrum, Rabo De Ovelha, Sauvignon, Syrah, Síria, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional
Max yield: 60 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 11 km north-west of Loulé
Nearest city: 26 km north-west of Faro 70,347 people
To the sea: 14 km
Same latitude: Yantai (China), Santa Cruz Mountains (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: -1–551 m
Mean elevation: 163 m

Measured over the whole outline on 91,069 elevation cells of about 122 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)40%
Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)34%
Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)17%

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

Communes · 20

Albufeira E Olhos De Água
Alcantarilha E Pêra
Almancil
Alte
Armação De Pêra
Boliqueime
Estômbar E Parchal
Ferragudo
Ferreiras
Guia
Lagoa E Carvoeiro
Loulé (São Clemente)
Loulé (São Sebastião)
Paderne
Porches
Quarteira
Querença, Tôr E Benafim
Salir
Silves
São Bartolomeu De Messines

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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