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Ribeira Sacra

Ribeira Sacra is an appellation in Spain across 20 communes. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks.

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Key facts

Type

DOP

Category

Wine

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

252,309 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

73.11 × 71.45 km

Centre

42.5463° N, 7.5990° W

Grapes

Albariño, Albarín Blanco, Brancellao, Caiño Blanco, Caiño Bravo, Caiño Longo, Caíño Tinto, Doña Blanca, Garnacha Tintoréra, Godello, Gran Negro, Juan García, Loureira, Mencía, Merenzao, Sousón, Tempranillo, Torrontés, Treixadura

Max yield

82.8 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

7.5 km north-west of Monforte de Lemos

Nearest city

32 km north-east of Ourense 105,233 people

To the sea

99 km

Rivers nearby

Mio (7.7 km) · Sil (14 km)

Same latitude

Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Fennville (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

110–1,771 m

Mean elevation

622 m

Measured over the whole outline on 199,917 elevation cells of about 113 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)53%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks35%

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

Communes · 20

• Carballedo
• Castro Caldelas
• Chantada
• Manzaneda
• Monforte De Lemos
• Nogueira De Ramuín
• Pantón
• Parada De Sil
• Paradela
• Peroxa, A
• Pobra De Brollón, A
• Pobra De Trives, A
• Portomarín
• Quiroga
• Ribas De Sil
• San Xoán De Río
• Saviñao, O
• Sober
• Taboada
• Teixeira, A

Wineries · 10

• Adega Javier Méndez Arias
• Adega Reitoral de Gundivós
• Adega de Cornellos
• Adegas Guímaro S.L.
• Bodega Losada Fernández S.L
• Bodegas Álvarez Piñeiro
• Casa Moreiras
• Dominio do Bibei S.L.
• Finca Míllara Bodegas y Viñedos S.R.L.
• Pazo de la Cuesta S.L.U.

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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