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La Palma

Appellation

La Palma is an appellation in Spain across 14 communes.

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Key facts

Type
DOP
Category
Liqueur Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine Of Overripe Grapes
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
70,822 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
44.79 × 27.7 km
Centre
28.6593° N, 17.8712° W
Grapes
Albillo, Bastardo Blanco, Bastardo Negro, Bermejuela, Burrablanca, Castellana Negra, Doradilla, Forastera Blanca, Gual, Listán Blanco De Canarias, Listán Negro, Listán Prieto, Malvasía Aromatica, Malvasía Rosada, Malvasía Volcánica, Moscatel De Alejandria, Moscatel Negro, Negramoll, Pedro Ximénez, Sabro, Tintilla, Torrontés, Verdello, Vijariego Blanco, Vijariego Negro
Max yield
70 hl/ha
Min planting density
830 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
1.5 km north-east of El Paso
Nearest city
159 km west of Santa Cruz de Tenerife 211,359 people
To the sea
6.9 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
-2–2,415 m
Mean elevation
819 m

Measured over the whole outline on 158,926 elevation cells of about 67 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Communes · 14

Wineries · 2

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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