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Cigales

Appellation

Cigales is an appellation in Spain across 13 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1992-06-20
Area
76,889 ha registered outline
Separate plots
2
Extent N–S × E–W
45.1 × 39.39 km
Centre
41.7304° N, 4.6597° W
Grapes
Albillo Mayor, Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnacha Roja, Garnacha Tinta, Macabeo, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo, Verdejo
Max yield
64.8 hl/ha
Min planting density
1,000 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
9.9 km north-east of Valladolid
Nearest city
33 km south-west of Palencia 78,629 people
To the sea
184 km
Rivers nearby
pisuerga (0.5 km) · Duero (15 km)
Same latitude
Kakheti (Georgia), Grand River Valley (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
674–874 m
Mean elevation
778 m

Measured over the whole outline on 59,826 elevation cells of about 114 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 · 13

Wineries · 2

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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