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Valles de Benavente
Appellation
Valles de Benavente is an appellation in Spain across 61 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type DOP Category Wine Protected since 2004-04-16 Area 166,874 ha outline of listed communes Extent N–S × E–W 47.61 × 73.2 km Centre 41.9531° N, 5.6925° W Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Doña Blanca, Garnacha Tinta, Mencía, Prieto Picudo, Tempranillo, Verdejo Max yield 64.8 hl/ha Min planting density 900 vines/ha Where it is Nearest town around the town of Benavente Nearest city 50 km north of Zamora 61,827 people To the sea 174 km Rivers nearby Esla (1.9 km) · Luna (2.9 km) Same latitude Kakheti (Georgia), Lake Erie (United States), South Islands (Canada)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 673–988 m Mean elevation 751 m Measured over the whole outline on 130,284 elevation cells of about 114 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.
Bedrock Mixed sedimentary rocks50% Unconsolidated sediments24% Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)22% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 61 Show all 61 Alcubilla De Nogales Arcos De La Polvorosa Arrabalde Ayoó De Vidriales Barcial Del Barco Benavente Bretocino Bretó Brime De Sog Brime De Urz Burganes De Valverde Calzadilla De Tera Camarzana De Tera Castrogonzalo Cerecinos De Campos Coomonte Cubo De Benavente Faramontanos De Tábara Fresno De La Polvorosa Friera De Valverde Fuente Encalada Fuentes De Ropel Granja De Moreruela Granucillo Maire De Castroponce Manganeses De La Polvorosa Matilla De Arzón Melgar De Tera Micereces De Tera Milles De La Polvorosa Morales De Rey Morales De Valverde Navianos De Valverde Pobladura Del Valle Pueblica De Valverde Quintanilla De Urz Quiruelas De Vidriales San Cristóbal De Entreviñas San Esteban Del Molar San Miguel Del Valle San Pedro De Ceque Santa Colomba De Las Monjas Santa Cristina De La Polvorosa Santa Croya De Tera Santa María De Valverde Santa María De La Vega Santibáñez De Tera Santibáñez De Vidriales Santovenia Torre Del Valle, La Uña De Quintana Valdescorriel Vega De Tera Villabrázaro Villaferrueña Villageriz Villalpando Villanueva De Azoague Villanueva De Las Peras Villanázar Villaveza Del Agua Sources EU register of geographical indications
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