Uclés

Appellation

Uclés is an appellation in Spain across 24 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP
Category: Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 2007-05-10
Area: 237,773 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 73.42 × 76.1 km
Centre: 39.9755° N, 2.9746° W
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Garnacha Tinta, Macabeo, Merlot, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo, Verdejo
Max yield: 77 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 4.6 km south-east of Tarancón
Nearest city: 65 km south of Alcalá de Henares 193,751 people
To the sea: 233 km
Rivers nearby: Tajo (20 km)
Same latitude: Thrace-Marmara (Türkiye), Ararat (Armenia), Lancaster Valley (United States), Shacheng (Huailai) (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 523–1,144 m
Mean elevation: 808 m

Measured over the whole outline on 174,321 elevation cells of about 117 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Mixed sedimentary rocks65%
Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)27%

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

Communes · 24

Acebrón, El
Alcázar Del Rey
Almendros
Belinchón
Cabezamesada
Campos Del Paraíso
Corral De Almaguer
Fuente De Pedro Naharro
Horcajo De Santiago
Huelves
Huete
Paredes
Pozorrubio
Rozalén Del Monte
Saelices
Santa Cruz De La Zarza
Tarancón
Torrubia Del Campo
Tribaldos
Uclés
Vellisca
Villamayor De Santiago
Villarrubio
Zarza De Tajo

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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