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Arlanza

Appellation

Arlanza is an appellation in Spain across 53 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP
Category
Wine
Protected since
2006-02-17
Area
205,206 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
49.58 × 82.25 km
Centre
42.0598° N, 3.9912° W
Grapes
Albillo Mayor, Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnacha Tinta, Macabeo, Mencía, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Tempranillo
Max yield
72 hl/ha
Min planting density
2,000 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
39 km south-west of Burgos
Nearest city
44 km east of Palencia 78,629 people
To the sea
150 km
Rivers nearby
pisuerga (2.3 km)
Same latitude
Kakheti (Georgia), Lake Erie (United States), South Islands (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
727–1,447 m
Mean elevation
895 m

Measured over the whole outline on 40,223 elevation cells of about 227 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 · 53

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Wineries · 1

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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