Trás-os-Montes

Trás-os-Montes is an appellation in Portugal across 130 communes. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC)

Category

Liqueur Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

1996-11-15

Area

354,493 ha registered outline

Separate plots

2

Extent N–S × E–W

85.06 × 123.99 km

Centre

41.4003° N, 6.5954° W

Grapes

Alicante Bouschet, Alvarinho, Aragonez, Arinto, Baga, Bastardo, Bical, Boal Branco, Carrega Branco, Castelão, Cornifesto, Côdega Do Larinho, Fernão Pires, Gouveio, Malvasia Fina, Malvasia Preta, Marufo, Moscatel Galego Roxo R, Rabigato, Rufete, Samarrinho, Síria, Tinta Barocca, Tinta Carvalha, Tinto Cao, Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira, Vinhão, Viosinho

Other grapes

Gorda

Max yield

55 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

29 km west of Miranda do Douro

Nearest city

47 km south of Bragança 35,341 people

To the sea

174 km

Rivers nearby

Duero (14 km) · Tormes (14 km)

Same latitude

Martha's Vineyard (United States), Bolnisi (Georgia), Huanren icewine (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation

118–996 m

Mean elevation

571 m

Measured over the whole outline on 68,681 elevation cells of about 229 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)67%
• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)30%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 130

Sources

EU register of geographical indications