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Arabako Txakolina

Appellation

Arabako Txakolina is an appellation in Spain across 5 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Official name
Arabako Txakolina / Txakolí de Álava / Chacolí de Álava
Type
DOP
Category
Wine
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
33,181 ha registered outline
Separate plots
2
Extent N–S × E–W
31.02 × 24.06 km
Centre
43.1090° N, 3.0575° W
Grapes
Chardonnay, Gros Manseng, Hondarrabi Beltza, Hondarrabi Zuri, Petit Courbu, Petit Manseng, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc
Max yield
70 hl/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
8.6 km west of Laudio / Llodio
Nearest city
20 km south-west of Bilbao 347,342 people
To the sea
24 km
Same latitude
Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Niagara Escarpment (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
42–1,182 m
Mean elevation
410 m

Measured over the whole outline on 107,367 elevation cells of about 56 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 · 5

Wineries · 2

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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