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Valencia

Appellation

Valencia is an appellation in Spain across 131 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP
Category
Liqueur Wine/Quality Aromatic Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1986-06-13
Area
925,833 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
190.98 × 145.62 km
Centre
39.6072° N, 1.2534° W
Grapes
Alarije, Albariño, Bobal, Bonicaire, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Forcallat Tinta, Garnacha Blanca, Garnacha Tinta, Gewürztraminer, Graciano, Macabeo, Malbec, Mazuela, Mencía, Merlot, Merseguera, Miguel Del Arco, Monastrell, Moscatel De Alejandria, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Pedro Ximénez, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Planta Fina De Pedralba, Planta Nova, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Syrah, Tempranillo, Tortosí, Verdejo, Verdil, Viognier
Other grapes
Garnacha Tintorera, Mandó, Marselan
Max yield
91.2 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
6.4 km north-west of Utiel
Nearest city
76 km north-west of Valencia 824,340 people
To the sea
80 km
Rivers nearby
Turia (20 km) · Cabriel (22 km)
Same latitude
Thrace-Marmara (Türkiye), Vayots Dzor (Armenia), Outer Coastal Plain (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
2–1,519 m
Mean elevation
611 m

Measured over the whole outline on 42,086 elevation cells of about 474 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 · 131

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Wineries · 9

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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