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Vino de la Tierra · Appellation profile

Isla de Menorca / Illa de Menorca

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

Isla de Menorca in Spain

The boundary for Isla de Menorca 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 Isla de Menorca must meet.

3 wines in the rules, all colours.
WineMax yield
t/ha		Max wine
hl/ha		Wine from grapes
max. %		Actual alc.
min. %		Acidity
min. g/l
Isla de Menorca vino tinto 85670124.5
Isla de Menorca vino rosado 85670124.5
Isla de Menorca vino blanco 8567011.54.5

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.

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

Training
Systems allowed
vaso (gobelet); espaldera (trellis)

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: Isla de Menorca (Ares(2014)2083461) · 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: Also registered as Illa de Menorca. Eleven main varieties are listed without shares (Cabernet Sauvignon, Tempranillo, Syrah, Parellada, Moscatel de Alejandría, Monastrell, Moll, Merlot, Malvasía Aromática, Macabeo, Chardonnay) and no secondary varieties. The Consell Insular de Menorca may raise the 70 l per 100 kg extraction limit before the harvest, to no more than 74 l per 100 kg. White wines are described as dry (secos) but no sugar limit is set; labels carry an official control number.
  • National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.