Bullas

Appellation

Bullas is an appellation in Spain across 11 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP
Category: Liqueur Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 1992-06-20
Area: 546,217 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 106.13 × 90.12 km
Centre: 37.9072° N, 1.8201° W
Grapes: Airén, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Garnacha Tinta, Garnacha Tintoréra, Macabeo, Malvasía Aromatica, Malvasía Volcánica, Merlot, Monastrell, Moscatel De Alejandria, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Petit Verdot, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo
Max yield: 56 hl/ha
Min planting density: 1,100 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 22 km south of Caravaca
Nearest city: 28 km north of Lorca 93,079 people
To the sea: 56 km
Same latitude: Aegean (Türkiye), Contra Costa (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 7–1,982 m
Mean elevation: 681 m

Measured over the whole outline on 94,875 elevation cells of about 241 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)46%
Mixed sedimentary rocks32%
Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)15%

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

Communes · 11

Bullas
Calasparra
Caravaca De La Cruz
Cehegín
Cieza
Lorca
Moratalla
Mula
Pliego
Ricote
Totana

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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