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Cataluña

Appellation

Cataluña is an appellation in Spain across 400 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Official name
Cataluña / Catalunya
Type
DOP
Category
Liqueur Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
1,330,098 ha registered outline
Separate plots
24
Extent N–S × E–W
189.56 × 259.66 km
Centre
41.3958° N, 1.3606° E
Grapes
Alarije, Albariño, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Garnacha Blanca, Garnacha Peluda, Garnacha Roja, Garnacha Tinta, Garnacha Tintoréra, Gewürztraminer, Macabeo, Mazuela, Merlot, Monastrell, Moscatel De Alejandria, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Parellada, Pedro Ximénez, Petit Verdot, Picapoll Blanco, Picapoll Negro, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Sumoll Blanco, Sumoll Tinto, Syrah, Tempranillo, Trepat, Vinyater, Viognier, Xarello
Other grapes
Carenyena, Carignane, Crusilló, Garrut, Malvasía, Malvasía De Sitges, Marselan, Pansa Rosada, Xarello Rosado
Max yield
84 hl/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
15 km north-east of Valls
Nearest city
30 km south-west of Igualada 38,918 people
To the sea
27 km
Same latitude
Martha's Vineyard (United States), Bolnisi (Georgia), Huanren icewine (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–2,805 m
Mean elevation
391 m

Measured over the whole outline on 65,707 elevation cells of about 457 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 · 400

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Wineries · 88

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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