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Palmela

Appellation

Palmela is an appellation in Portugal across 15 communes. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC)
Category
Liqueur Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1991-12-24
Area
115,432 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
48.24 × 63.68 km
Centre
38.6305° N, 8.8015° W
Grapes
Alicante Bouschet, Alvarinho, Antão Vaz, Aragonez, Arinto, Bastardo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Castelão, Chardonnay, Fernão Pires, Loureiro, Malvasia Fina, Merlot, Moscatel Galego Branco, Moscatel Galego Roxo R, Moscatel Graúdo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Blanc, Rabo De Ovelha, Roupeiro Branco, Sauvignon, Syrah, Tannat, Tinta Miúda, Tinto Cao, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira, Verdelho, Viosinho
Max yield
120 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
9.8 km east of Pinhal Novo
Nearest city
14 km north-east of Setúbal 118,166 people
To the sea
7.6 km
Same latitude
Central Anatolia (Cappadocia) (Türkiye), Helan Mountain East (Ningxia) (China), Indiana Uplands (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
0–489 m
Mean elevation
57 m

Measured over the whole outline on 81,925 elevation cells of about 119 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 · 15

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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