Gran Canaria

Appellation

Gran Canaria is an appellation in Spain across 21 communes.

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Key facts

Type: DOP
Category: Liqueur Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine Of Overripe Grapes
Protected since: 1996-11-15
Area: 156,001 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 49.37 × 46.84 km
Centre: 27.9627° N, 15.6189° W
Grapes: Albillo, Bastardo Blanco, Bastardo Negro, Bermejuela, Breval, Burrablanca, Castellana Negra, Doradilla, Forastera Blanca, Gual, Listán Blanco De Canarias, Listán Prieto, Malvasía Aromatica, Malvasía Rosada, Malvasía Volcánica, Moscatel De Alejandria, Moscatel Negro, Negramoll, Pedro Ximénez, Sabro, Tintilla, Torrontés, Verdello, Vijariego Blanco, Vijariego Negro
Max yield: 94.25 hl/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 6.2 km north-west of San Bartolomé de Tirajana
Nearest city: 10 km north-west of Santa Lucía 71,863 people
To the sea: 15 km

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

Terrain

Elevation: 0–1,922 m
Mean elevation: 519 m

Measured over the whole outline on 86,515 elevation cells of about 135 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 21

Agaete
Agüimes
Artenara
Arucas
Firgas
Gáldar
Ingenio
Mogán
Moya
Palmas De Gran Canaria, Las
San Bartolomé De Tirajana
San Nicolás De Tolentino
Santa Brígida
Santa Lucía De Tirajana
Santa María De Guía De Gran Canaria
Tejeda
Telde
Teror
Valleseco
Valsequillo De Gran Canaria
Vega De San Mateo

Wineries · 1

Bodegas Bentayga

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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