Spain · DOP
Rías Baixas
Appellation
Rías Baixas is an appellation in Spain across 34 communes. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks.
Atlantic Galicia, mainly Albariño, often trained on high pergolas to cope with humidity.
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Key facts Type DOP Category Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine Protected since 1989-10-07 Area 226,300 ha registered outline Separate plots 14 Extent N–S × E–W 116.03 × 69.18 km Centre 42.7473° N, 8.4587° W Grapes Albariño, Brancellao, Caiño Blanco, Caíño Tinto, Espadeiro, Godello, Loureira, Loureiro Tinto, Mencía, Pedral, Sousón, Torrontés, Treixadura Other grapes Castañal Max yield 90 hl/ha Where it is Nearest town 1.8 km north-west of Ribeira Nearest city 16 km south of Santiago de Compostela 99,536 people To the sea 23 km Same latitude Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Cayuga Lake (United States), Lake Erie North Shore (Canada)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation -1–1,038 m Mean elevation 243 m Measured over the whole outline on 45,712 elevation cells of about 226 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)65% Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)30% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 34 Arbo Barro Boqueixón Caldas De Reis Cambados Cañiza, A Crecente Estrada, A Gondomar Grove, O Guarda, A Illa De Arousa, A Meaño Meis Mos Neves, As Padrón Ponteareas Portas Ribadumia Rosal, O Salceda De Caselas Salvaterra De Miño Sanxenxo Silleda Soutomaior Teo Tomiño Touro Tui Vedra Vila De Cruces Vilagarcía De Arousa Vilanova De Arousa Wineries · 6 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications
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