Óbidos

Appellation

Óbidos is an appellation in Portugal across 18 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC)
Category: Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 1991-12-24
Area: 44,365 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 31.01 × 19.97 km
Centre: 39.3108° N, 9.1043° W
Grapes: Alicante Bouschet, Alicante Branco, Alvarinho, Amostrinha, Antão Vaz, Aragonez, Arinto, Baga, Cabernet Sauvignon, Caladoc, Camarate, Carignan, Castelão, Chardonnay, Encruzado, Fernão Pires, Jaen, Jampal, Loureiro, Malvasia Rei, Merlot, Moscatel Graúdo, Pinot Noir, Preto Martinho, Rabo De Ovelha, Ratinho, Riesling, Sauvignon, Seara Nova, Syrah, Tinta Barocca, Tinta Miúda, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira, Verdelho, Viognier, Viosinho, Vital
Max yield: 90 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 7.5 km north of Cadaval
Nearest city: 38 km west of Monsanto 50,000 people
To the sea: 15 km
Same latitude: Syunik (Armenia), Redwood Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: -26–616 m
Mean elevation: 106 m

Measured over the whole outline on 127,704 elevation cells of about 59 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)92%

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

Communes · 18

A Dos Francos
A Dos Negros
Alguber
Alvorninha
Bombarral E Vale Covo
Cadaval E Pêro Moniz
Carvalhal
Gaeiras
Lamas E Cercal
Landal
Nossa Senhora Do Pópulo, Coto E São Gregório
Painho E Figueiros
Peral
Roliça
Santa Maria, São Pedro E Sobral Da Lagoa
Vermelha
Vidais
Vilar

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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