Lebrija

Appellation

Lebrija is an appellation in Spain in Cuervo De Sevilla, El and Lebrija. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type: DOP
Category: Liqueur Wine/Wine
Protected since: 2009-08-01
Area: 40,570 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 25.87 × 32.16 km
Centre: 36.9652° N, 6.0922° W
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Moscatel De Alejandria, Palomino, Palomino Fino, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo, Tintilla De Rota
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: around the town of Lebrija
Nearest city: 31 km north of Jerez de la Frontera 212,879 people
To the sea: 9.8 km
Rivers nearby: Guadalquivir (9 km)
Same latitude: Yantai (China), Madera (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 0–208 m
Mean elevation: 19 m

Measured over the whole outline on 109,456 elevation cells of about 61 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Unconsolidated sediments62%
Mixed sedimentary rocks23%
Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)12%

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

Communes · 2

Cuervo De Sevilla, El
Lebrija

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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