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Bizkaiko Txakolina

Appellation

Bizkaiko Txakolina is an appellation in Spain across 112 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Official name
Bizkaiko Txakolina / Chacolí de Bizkaia / Txakolí de Bizkaia
Type
DOP
Category
Wine
Protected since
1999-02-19
Area
221,253 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
52.54 × 84.2 km
Centre
43.2415° N, 2.8576° W
Grapes
Chardonnay, Folle Blanche, Gros Manseng, Hondarrabi Beltza, Hondarrabi Zuri, Petit Courbu, Petit Manseng, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc
Max yield
91 hl/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
2.3 km east of Basauri
Nearest city
6 km south-east of Bilbao 347,342 people
To the sea
15 km
Same latitude
Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), Upper Mississippi River Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-8–1,469 m
Mean elevation
284 m

Measured over the whole outline on 179,505 elevation cells of about 111 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 · 112

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Wineries · 3

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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