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Dão

Appellation

Dão is an appellation in Portugal across 196 communes. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC)
Category
Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1991-12-24
Area
376,403 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
81.63 × 79.56 km
Centre
40.5083° N, 7.8686° W
Grapes
Agua Santa, Alfrocheiro, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante Branco, Alvarelhão, Aragonez, Arinto Do Interior, Assaraky, Baga, Barcelo, Bical, Cabernet Sauvignon, Camarate, Campanário, Castelão, Cerceal Branco, Cidreiro, Cornifesto, Encruzado, Esganoso, Fernão Pires, Folha De Figueira, Jaen, Jampal, Luzidio, Malvasia Fina, Malvasia Preta, Malvasia Rei, Marufo, Monvedro, Pilongo, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Rabo De Ovelha, Rufete, Semillon, Síria, Tamarez, Terrantez, Tinta Carvalha, Tinto Cao, Touriga Fêmea, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira, Tália, Uva Cão, Verdelho, Verdial Branco
Max yield
80 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,000 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
17 km south of Viseu
Nearest city
57 km north-east of Coimbra 140,796 people
To the sea
65 km
Rivers nearby
Mondego (2.5 km)
Same latitude
Aragatsotn (Armenia), Inwood 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
51–1,922 m
Mean elevation
490 m

Measured over the whole outline on 280,174 elevation cells of about 116 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 · 196

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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