Tavira

Appellation

Tavira is an appellation in Portugal across 15 communes. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 1991-12-24
Area: 97,472 ha registered outline
Separate plots: 14
Extent N–S × E–W: 35.9 × 52.73 km
Centre: 37.1506° N, 7.7584° W
Grapes: Alicante Bouschet, Aragonez, Arinto, Cabernet Sauvignon, Castelão, Diagalves, Manteúdo, Moscatel Graúdo, Negra Mole, Syrah, Síria, Tamarez, Touriga Nacional
Max yield: 60 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 10 km north-east of Laranjeiro
Nearest city: 21 km north-east of Faro 70,347 people
To the sea: 11 km
Same latitude: Yantai (China), Ben Lomond Mountain (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: -1–528 m
Mean elevation: 157 m

Measured over the whole outline on 264,796 elevation cells of about 61 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)58%
Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)23%
Unconsolidated sediments12%

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

Communes · 15

Castro Marim
Conceição E Cabanas De Tavira
Conceição E Estoi
Faro (Sé E São Pedro)
Luz De Tavira E Santo Estêvão
Moncarapacho E Fuseta
Montenegro
Olhão
Pechão
Quelfes
Santa Bárbara De Nexe
Santa Catarina Da Fonte Do Bispo
São Brás De Alportel
Tavira (Santa Maria E Santiago)
Vila Nova De Cacela

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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