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Ribera del Guadiana

Appellation

Ribera del Guadiana is an appellation in Spain across 121 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP
Category
Wine
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
1,485,087 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
175.3 × 174.63 km
Centre
38.8773° N, 5.9946° W
Grapes
Alarije, Beba, Bobal, Borba, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cayetana Blanca, Chardonnay, Doña Blanca, Garnacha Tinta, Garnacha Tintoréra, Graciano, Jaén Tinto, Macabeo, Malvar, Mazuela, Merlot, Monastrell, Montúa, Moscatel De Alejandria, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Pardina, Parellada, Pedro Ximénez, Perruno, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Tempranillo, Verdejo
Max yield
84 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
9.3 km east of Guareña
Nearest city
14 km south-west of Don Benito 37,010 people
To the sea
191 km
Rivers nearby
Guadiana (8.1 km) · Zújar (25 km)
Same latitude
Central Anatolia (Cappadocia) (Türkiye), Mendocino Ridge (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
147–1,081 m
Mean elevation
386 m

Measured over the whole outline on 66,321 elevation cells of about 476 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

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

Communes · 121

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Wineries · 1

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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