Valdepeñas

Appellation

Valdepeñas is an appellation in Spain across 10 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP
Category: Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 1986-06-13
Area: 246,220 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 71.2 × 93.96 km
Centre: 38.7525° N, 3.4273° W
Grapes: Airén, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Garnacha Tinta, Macabeo, Merlot, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Petit Verdot, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo, Verdejo
Max yield: 56 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: around the town of Valdepeñas
Nearest city: 51 km south-east of Ciudad Real 74,743 people
To the sea: 223 km
Same latitude: Central Anatolia (Cappadocia) (Türkiye), Guenoc Valley (United States), Yamagata (Japan)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 616–1,135 m
Mean elevation: 784 m

Measured over the whole outline on 44,155 elevation cells of about 238 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Mixed sedimentary rocks73%
Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)18%

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

Communes · 10

Alcubillas
Alhambra
Granátula De Calatrava
Montiel
Moral De Calatrava
San Carlos Del Valle
Santa Cruz De Mudela
Torre De Juan Abad
Torrenueva
Valdepeñas

Wineries · 2

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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