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Algarve

5Wines 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

Algarve in Portugal

The protected area is the whole administrative region, so its official outline is used. Boundary: Eurostat NUTS 2021 regions (© EuroGeographics). Country outlines: Natural Earth. Dots on the zone map are the vineyard points used for climate.

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 Algarve must meet.

5 wines in the rules, all colours.
WineMain grape(s)Max wine
hl/ha		Grape ripeness
min. % pot. alc.		Actual alc.
min. %
Algarve tinto –9011.511.5
Algarve branco –901111
Algarve rosado –901111
Algarve vinho licoroso tinto –90–19
Algarve vinho licoroso branco Síria (Roupeiro), Moscatel-Graúdo90–15.5

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.

Blend rules

Algarve vinho licoroso branco

  • ≥ 85% Síria (Roupeiro) · Main grape
  • ≥ 75% Moscatel-Graúdo · Main grape

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

Training
Systems allowed
cordão; guyot; taça

02 · Where the numbers come from

Sources

  1. eAmbrosia, the EU register of geographical indications (wine) · European Commission · Commission reuse policy
  2. Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Article 93 (definitions of designation of origin and geographical indication) and Articles 92-123 · European Union · EU law
  3. NUTS 2021 regions, 1:10 million (GISCO) · Eurostat; © EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries · Eurostat GISCO terms (attribution)
  4. Product specification: Algarve (Caderno de específicações- IG Algarve final.pdf) · National authority, as filed in the EU register (eAmbrosia) · Official document
Still to check (3)
  • Same area as its administrative region; the boundary is the region's outline.
  • From the specification: Varieties (Anexo I) include Alfrocheiro, Aragonez, Castelão, Touriga-Nacional, Trincadeira (red) and Antão-Vaz, Arinto, Síria, Moscatel-Graúdo (white). The white liqueur wine must come from Síria (min 85%) or Moscatel-Graúdo (min 75%); the dry white liqueur wine is made by the solera method. The must natural-alcohol list repeats the acquired-alcohol figures, including 19.0% and 15.5% for liqueur wines, which cannot be natural must strengths; those two are left out. The yield is not stated as must or wine. Vines must be at least four years grafted, low-trained, pure stands; lots need at least 85% from one vintage.
  • National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.