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Ribera del Duero

Appellation

Ribera del Duero is an appellation in Spain across 81 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

High plateau along the Duero in Castilla y León, mainly Tempranillo (Tinto Fino). Large swings between hot days and cold nights. Home of Vega Sicilia.
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Key facts

Type
DOP
Category
Wine
Protected since
1986-06-13
Area
295,603 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
51.28 × 110.38 km
Centre
41.6478° N, 3.8022° W
Grapes
Albillo Mayor, Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnacha Tinta, Malbec, Merlot, Tempranillo
Max yield
68.4 hl/ha
Min planting density
2,000 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
9.7 km west of Aranda de Duero
Nearest city
77 km east of Valladolid 300,618 people
To the sea
198 km
Rivers nearby
Duero (5 km)
Same latitude
Kakheti (Georgia), Loess Hills District (United States), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
716–1,281 m
Mean elevation
891 m

Measured over the whole outline on 57,403 elevation cells of about 228 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Vintages: Ribera del Duero

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516
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519
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324

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

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

Communes · 81

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Wineries · 28

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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