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Granada

Appellation

Granada is an appellation in Spain across 168 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP
Category
Quality Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine Of Overripe Grapes
Protected since
2009-08-01
Area
1,254,808 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
153.65 × 187.59 km
Centre
37.3942° N, 3.2458° W
Grapes
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Garnacha Tinta, Merlot, Monastrell, Moscatel De Alejandria, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Palomino, Pardina, Pedro Ximénez, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Rome, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo, Torrontés, Vijariego Blanco
Min planting density
1,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
14 km north-west of Guadix
Nearest city
39 km north-east of Granada 233,532 people
To the sea
71 km
Rivers nearby
Genil (21 km)
Same latitude
Yantai (China), Southeast Anatolia (Türkiye), Salado Creek (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–3,376 m
Mean elevation
1,079 m

Measured over the whole outline on 53,577 elevation cells of about 486 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 · 168

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Wineries · 18

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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