Cigales (wine)
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Cigales is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) for wines located to the north of Valladolid (Castile and León, Spain) along both banks of the River Pisuerga.
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Wine region | |
Official name | D.O. Cigales |
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Type | Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) |
Year established | 1991 |
Country | Spain |
Size of planted vineyards | 1,948 hectares (4,814 acres) |
No. of wineries | 34[1] |
Wine produced | 38,358 hectolitres |
Comments | Data for 2016 / 2017 |
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It includes several municipalities, including Valladolid itself, Dueñas, Cabezón de Pisuerga, Cigales, Corcos del Valle, Cubillas de Santa Marta, Fuensaldaña, Mucientes, Quintanilla de Trigueros, San Martín de Valvení, Trigueros del Valle and Valoria la Buena. The DO has an extension of 574 km² and is at an altitude of 750 m above sea level. It is a relatively recent DO, having been created in 1991.