Spain · DOP
Rueda
Appellation
Rueda is an appellation in Spain across 68 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.
Castilla y León's white-wine region, built on Verdejo.
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Key facts Type DOP Category Liqueur Wine/Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine Protected since 1986-06-13 Area 296,052 ha outline of listed communes Extent N–S × E–W 65.35 × 78.36 km Centre 41.2691° N, 4.9538° W Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Garnacha Tinta, Macabeo, Merlot, Palomino Fino, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo, Verdejo, Viognier Max yield 72 hl/ha Min planting density 1,100 vines/ha Irrigation Allowed Where it is Nearest town 5.8 km south-west of Medina del Campo Nearest city 47 km south-west of Valladolid 300,618 people To the sea 240 km Rivers nearby Adaja (18 km) Same latitude Tavush (Armenia), Huanren icewine (China), Bolnisi (Georgia), Martha's Vineyard (United States)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 646–932 m Mean elevation 760 m Measured over the whole outline on 56,661 elevation cells of about 230 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.
Bedrock Mixed sedimentary rocks53% Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)19% Unconsolidated sediments17% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 68 Show all 68 Aguasal Alaejos Alcazarén Aldeanueva Del Codonal Aldehuela Del Codonal Almenara De Adaja Ataquines Blasconuño De Matacabras Bobadilla Del Campo Bocigas Brahojos De Medina Campillo, El Carpio Castrejón De Trabancos Castronuño Cervillego De La Cruz Coca Codorniz Donhierro Fresno El Viejo Fuente De Santa Cruz Fuente El Sol Fuente-Olmedo Hornillos De Eresma Juarros De Voltoya Llano De Olmedo Lomoviejo Madrigal De Las Altas Torres Matapozuelos Medina Del Campo Mojados Montejo De Arévalo Moraleja De Las Panaderas Muriel Nava De La Asunción Nava Del Rey Nieva Nueva Villa De Las Torres Olmedo Orbita Palacios De Goda Pollos Pozal De Gallinas Pozaldez Puras Ramiro Rapariegos Rubí De Bracamonte Rueda Salvador De Zapardiel San Cristóbal De La Vega San Pablo De La Moraleja San Vicente Del Palacio Santiuste De San Juan Bautista Seca, La Serrada Siete Iglesias De Trabancos Tolocirio Tordesillas Torrecilla De La Abadesa Torrecilla De La Orden Valdestillas Velascálvaro Ventosa De La Cuesta Villafranca De Duero Villanueva De Duero Villaverde De Medina Zarza, La Wineries · 6 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications
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