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Vinho Verde

Appellation

Vinho Verde is an appellation in Portugal across 400 communes. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC)
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1991-12-24
Area
840,882 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
153.77 × 98.23 km
Centre
41.4616° N, 8.2702° W
Grapes
Alicante Bouschet, Alvarelhão, Alvarinho, Amaral, Arinto, Avesso, Azal, Baga, Batoca, Borraçal, Cainho, Cascal, Diagalves, Doce, Doçal, Esganinho, Esganoso, Espadeiro Mole, Espadeiro, Fernão Pires, Folgasão, Grand Noir, Labrusco, Lameiro, Loureiro, Malvasia Fina, Malvasia Rei, Mourisco, Padeiro, Pedral, Pical, Pintosa, Rabo De Anho, Semillon, Sercial, São Mamede, Touriga Nacional, Trajadura, Trincadeira, Tália, Verdelho Tinto, Verdial Tinto, Vinhão
Other grapes
Godelho

Where it is

Nearest town
2.9 km north-east of Guimarães
Nearest city
12 km north of Felgueiras 58,065 people
To the sea
47 km
Same latitude
Kakheti (Georgia), Martha's Vineyard (United States), Huanren icewine (China), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-2–1,415 m
Mean elevation
354 m

Measured over the whole outline on 40,598 elevation cells of about 458 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 · 400

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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