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Alella

Appellation

Alella is an appellation in Spain across 31 communes. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP
Category
Liqueur Wine/Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1986-06-13
Area
36,228 ha registered outline
Separate plots
2
Extent N–S × E–W
27.7 × 40.32 km
Centre
41.5557° N, 2.3688° E
Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Garnacha Blanca, Garnacha Peluda, Garnacha Tinta, Macabeo, Mazuela, Merlot, Monastrell, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Parellada, Picapoll Blanco, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Sumoll Tinto, Syrah, Tempranillo, Xarello
Other grapes
Malvasía
Max yield
78 hl/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
2.7 km west of Argentona
Nearest city
6 km north-west of Mataró 126,988 people
To the sea
6.4 km
Same latitude
Kakheti (Georgia), Western Connecticut Highlands (United States), South Islands (Canada), Huanren icewine (China)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-2–755 m
Mean elevation
189 m

Measured over the whole outline on 111,736 elevation cells of about 57 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 · 31

Wineries · 3

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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