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Bairrada

Appellation

Bairrada is an appellation in Portugal across 49 communes. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC)
Category
Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1991-12-24
Area
113,490 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
48.21 × 42.02 km
Centre
40.4539° N, 8.5152° W
Grapes
Alfrocheiro, Aragonez, Arinto, Baga, Bical, Cabernet Sauvignon, Camarate, Castelão, Cercial, Chardonnay, Fernão Pires, Jaen, Merlot, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Rabo De Ovelha, Rufete, Sauvignon, Sercialinho, Syrah, Tinta Barocca, Tinta De Lisboa, Tinto Cao, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Verdelho
Max yield
70 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,000 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
6.3 km west of Arcos
Nearest city
29 km north of Coimbra 140,796 people
To the sea
26 km
Same latitude
Aragatsotn (Armenia), Manton 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
0–662 m
Mean elevation
84 m

Measured over the whole outline on 336,788 elevation cells of about 58 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 · 49

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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