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Távora-Varosa

Appellation

Távora-Varosa is an appellation in Portugal across 39 communes. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC)
Category
Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
43,412 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
31.95 × 44.89 km
Centre
41.0460° N, 7.7700° W
Grapes
Alvarelhão, Aragonez, Arinto, Bastardo, Bical, Cabernet Sauvignon, Castelão, Cercial, Chardonnay, Fernão Pires, Folgasão, Folha De Figueira, Gouveio, Jaen, Malvasia Fina, Malvasia Preta, Malvasia Rei, Marufo, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Rabo De Ovelha, Rufete, Síria, Tinta Barocca, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira, Tália, Verdelho, Vinhão, Viosinho
Other grapes
Barca
Max yield
60 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
6.6 km south of Lamego
Nearest city
44 km north-east of Viseu 103,502 people
To the sea
75 km
Rivers nearby
Duero (12 km)
Same latitude
Tavush (Armenia), North Fork of Long Island (United States), Huanren icewine (China), Bolnisi (Georgia)

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

Terrain

Elevation
164–1,096 m
Mean elevation
655 m

Measured over the whole outline on 33,433 elevation cells of about 115 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 · 39

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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