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Vino de la Tierra · Appellation profile

Altiplano de Sierra Nevada

3Wines in the rules

What is made here

Wine colours

Colours the rules allow. Pick a colour to filter the rules and grapes below.

Where it is

Altiplano de Sierra Nevada in Spain

The boundary for Altiplano de Sierra Nevada is not on Vinous yet. It is added by the geography step of the data pipeline.

Showing every colour The colour filter changes the rules and grapes. Climate, vintages and soils describe the vineyards, so they stay the same.

01 · What the law says

The rules

Limits on grapes, yields, ripeness and ageing that every wine labelled Altiplano de Sierra Nevada must meet.

3 wines in the rules, all colours.
WineMax yield
t/ha		Actual alc.
min. %		Acidity
min. g/l
Altiplano de Sierra Nevada vino blanco 12113.5
Altiplano de Sierra Nevada vino rosado –113.5
Altiplano de Sierra Nevada vino tinto 10123.5

From the official production rules (national product specification, via the EU register). Hover a figure to see the clause it comes from. A dash means the rules set no figure, or it is not captured yet.

02 · Where the numbers come from

Sources

  1. eAmbrosia, the EU register of geographical indications (wine) · European Commission · Commission reuse policy
  2. Ley 24/2003, de 10 de julio, de la Viña y del Vino, Article 13 (levels of the origin-based quality system) · Reino de España · Official act
  3. Technical file: Altiplano de Sierra Nevada (Ares(2014)2130785) · National authority, as filed in the EU register (eAmbrosia) · Official document
Still to check (3)
  • Boundary not captured yet (PGIs are not in the Eurac boundary data).
  • From the specification: Grape yields are set by variety colour (red varieties 10,000 kg/ha; white varieties 12,000 kg/ha) and are left null for rosé; no hl/ha limit is given. The 18 main varieties include Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Airén, Torrontés, Tempranillo, Syrah, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot and Chardonnay; secondary: Pedro Ximénez, Pinot Noir, Romé and Vijariego Blanco. The larger geographical unit Andalucía may appear on labels.
  • National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.