Formentera · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Formentera in Spain

The boundary for Formentera 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 Formentera must meet.

3 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Main grape(s)	Max yield t/ha	Max wine hl/ha	Wine from grapes max. %	Actual alc. min. %	Acidity min. g/l
Formentera vino blanco	Mourvèdre, Moll / Pensal Blanco	8.5	55	65	11.5	4.5
Formentera vino rosado	Mourvèdre, Moll / Pensal Blanco	8.5	55	65	12	4.5
Formentera vino tinto	Mourvèdre, Moll / Pensal Blanco	8.5	55	65	12.5	4.5

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

eAmbrosia, the EU register of geographical indications (wine) · European Commission · Commission reuse policy
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
Technical file: Formentera (Ares(2014)2083449) · 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: Planting density is limited to a maximum of 5,000 vines/ha. Secondary varieties include Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Fogoneu, Garnacha Blanca, Malvasía, Merlot, Moscatel de Grano Menudo, Tempranillo and Viognier. The wine may only be sold bottled at origin, with a control number on every container.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.