Spain · DOP

Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda

Appellation

Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda is an appellation in Spain across 9 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

The lightest style of sherry, aged under flor in the seaside town of Sanlúcar, where the sea air keeps the flor thick all year.

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Key facts

Official name: Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda / Manzanilla
Type: DOP
Category: Liqueur Wine
Protected since: 1986-06-13
Area: 248,264 ha registered outline
Separate plots: 3
Extent N–S × E–W: 82.49 × 90.9 km
Centre: 36.7073° N, 6.1881° W
Grapes: Moscatel De Alejandria, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Palomino, Palomino Fino, Pedro Ximénez
Max yield: 80 hl/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 5.2 km north-west of Jerez de la Frontera
Nearest city: 13 km north-east of El Puerto de Santa María 88,364 people
To the sea: 14 km
Same latitude: San Benito (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: -1–920 m
Mean elevation: 64 m

Measured over the whole outline on 41,985 elevation cells of about 245 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Mixed sedimentary rocks40%
Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)32%
Unconsolidated sediments21%

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

Communes · 9

Chiclana De La Frontera
Chipiona
Jerez De La Frontera
Lebrija
Puerto Real
Puerto De Santa María, El
Rota
Sanlúcar De Barrameda
Trebujena

Wineries · 8

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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