Monterrei

Appellation

Monterrei is an appellation in Spain across 6 communes. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks.

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Key facts

Type: DOP
Category: Wine
Protected since: 1996-11-15
Area: 67,338 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W: 33.63 × 36.96 km
Centre: 41.9614° N, 7.3650° W
Grapes: Albariño, Blanca De Monterrei, Caiño Blanco, Caíño Tinto, Doña Blanca, Godello, Loureira, Mencía, Merenzao, Sousón, Tempranillo, Treixadura
Max yield: 84.36 hl/ha
Min planting density: 3,000 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 6.4 km east of Verín
Nearest city: 59 km south-east of Ourense 105,233 people
To the sea: 111 km
Same latitude: Kakheti (Georgia), Lake Erie (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: 302–1,355 m
Mean elevation: 704 m

Measured over the whole outline on 209,389 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

Acid plutonic rocks (granite)30%
Mixed sedimentary rocks30%
Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)28%

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

Communes · 6

Castrelo Do Val
Monterrei
Oímbra
Ríos
Verín
Vilardevós

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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