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Liébana

2Wines 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

Liébana in Spain

The boundary for Liébana 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 Liébana must meet.

2 wines in the rules, all colours.
WineMain grape(s)Max yield
t/ha		Max wine
hl/ha		Grape ripeness
min. % pot. alc.		Actual alc.
min. %		Acidity
min. g/l
Liébana vino blanco Cabernet Sauvignon, Tempranillo, Cencibel, Tinto De Toro, Syrah +311779.59.55
Liébana vino tinto Cabernet Sauvignon, Tempranillo, Cencibel, Tinto De Toro, Syrah +3117710105

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

3,000
Vines per hectare, minimum

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: Liébana (Ares(2014)2153446) · 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: Main varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Tempranillo, Syrah, Mencía, Graciano and Garnacha Tinta; secondary Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Godello and Palomino. Planting density 3,000–6,000 vines/ha. Must yield limited to 70 litres of must per 100 kg of grapes. Blending white and red wines is prohibited. The volatile acidity figure (0.8, labelled milliequivalents) is evidently in g/l.
  • National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.