Torres Vedras

Appellation

Torres Vedras is an appellation in Portugal across 19 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 1996-11-15
Area: 56,604 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 30.09 × 28.46 km
Centre: 39.0829° N, 9.2849° W
Grapes: Alicante Bouschet, Alicante Branco, Alvarinho, Antão Vaz, Aragonez, Arinto, Cabernet Sauvignon, Caladoc, Camarate, Castelão, Chardonnay, Fernão Pires, Jaen, Malvasia Rei, Rabo De Ovelha, Sauvignon, Seara Nova, Syrah, Tinta Barocca, Tinta Miúda, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira, Viosinho, Vital
Max yield: 90 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: around the town of Torres Vedras
Nearest city: 37 km north of Amadora 178,858 people
To the sea: 10 km
Same latitude: Syunik (Armenia), Middleburg Virginia (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 0–439 m
Mean elevation: 95 m

Measured over the whole outline on 161,744 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)86%

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

Communes · 19

A Dos Cunhados E Maceira
Azueira E Sobral Da Abelheira
Campelos E Outeiro Da Cabeça
Carvoeira E Carmões
Dois Portos E Runa
Encarnação
Enxara Do Bispo, Gradil E Vila Franca Do Rosário
Freiria
Maxial E Monte Redondo
Ponte Do Rol
Ramalhal
Santa Maria, São Pedro E Matacães
Santo Isidoro
Santo Quintino
Sapataria
Silveira
São Pedro Da Cadeira
Turcifal
Ventosa

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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