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Tarragona

Appellation

Tarragona is an appellation in Spain across 74 communes. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP
Category
Liqueur Wine/Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes
Protected since
1986-06-13
Area
191,078 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
57.24 × 91.33 km
Centre
41.1938° N, 1.1437° E
Grapes
Alarije, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Garnacha Blanca, Garnacha Tinta, Macabeo, Mazuela, Merlot, Monastrell, Moscatel De Alejandria, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Parellada, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Sumoll Tinto, Syrah, Tempranillo, Trepat, Xarello
Other grapes
Xarello Rosado
Max yield
84 hl/ha
Min planting density
2,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
5.2 km north-east of Reus
Nearest city
12 km north-west of Tarragona 141,542 people
To the sea
12 km
Same latitude
Tavush (Armenia), Huanren icewine (China), Bolnisi (Georgia), North Fork of Long Island (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–989 m
Mean elevation
242 m

Measured over the whole outline on 36,787 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

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

Communes · 74

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Wineries · 8

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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