Conca de Barberà

Appellation

Conca de Barberà is an appellation in Spain across 15 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP
Category: Liqueur Wine/Quality Sparkling Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 1992-06-20
Area: 45,039 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 26.2 × 35.58 km
Centre: 41.4280° N, 1.1614° E
Grapes: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Garnacha Blanca, Garnacha Tinta, Macabeo, Mazuela, Merlot, Monastrell, Moscatel De Alejandria, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Parellada, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Sumoll Blanco, Sumoll Tinto, Syrah, Tempranillo, Trepat, Viognier
Max yield: 84 hl/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 5.7 km north of Montblanc
Nearest city: 35 km north of Tarragona 141,542 people
To the sea: 36 km
Same latitude: Martha's Vineyard (United States), Bolnisi (Georgia), 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: 232–1,153 m
Mean elevation: 592 m

Measured over the whole outline on 137,881 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

Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)73%
Mixed sedimentary rocks18%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 15

Barberà De La Conca
Blancafort
Conesa
Espluga De Francolí, L'
Fors
Montblanc
Pira
Rocafort De Queralt
Sarral
Senan
Solivella
Vallclara
Vilanova De Prades
Vilaverd
Vimbodí

Wineries · 1

Cellers Domenys Blancafort

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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