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Jerez-Xérès-Sherry

Appellation

Jerez-Xérès-Sherry is an appellation in Spain across 9 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

Fortified wines from the triangle of Jerez, El Puerto de Santa María and Sanlúcar de Barrameda. Palomino on white albariza soil, aged in soleras, either under a veil of flor or oxidatively.
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Key facts

Official name
Jerez-Xérès-Sherry / Jerez / Xérès / Sherry
Type
DOP
Category
Liqueur Wine
Protected since
1986-06-13
Area
248,264 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
82.49 × 90.9 km
Centre
36.7073° N, 6.1881° W
Grapes
Moscatel De Alejandria, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Palomino, Palomino Fino, Pedro Ximénez
Max yield
80 hl/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
5.2 km north-west of Jerez de la Frontera
Nearest city
13 km north-east of El Puerto de Santa María 88,364 people
To the sea
14 km
Same latitude
San Benito (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-1–920 m
Mean elevation
64 m

Measured over the whole outline on 41,985 elevation cells of about 245 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 · 9

Wineries · 8

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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