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PDO · Appellation profile

Graciosa

6,070 haProduction zone
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

Graciosa in Portugal

Latitude
39.0°–39.1° N
Production zone
6,070 ha

Boundary drawn from whole communes, so it is a little larger than the legal zone. Boundary: Eurac Research PDO inventory (CC0). 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 Graciosa must meet.

3 wines in the rules, all colours.
WineMain grape(s)Max wine
hl/ha		Grape ripeness
min. % pot. alc.		Wine
min. % alc.		Actual alc.
min. %		Acidity
min. g/l		Dry extract
min. g/l		Sugar
max. g/l		Ageing
min. months
Graciosa white wines 85% Arinto dos Açores - Terrantez da Terceira / Terrantez do Pico / Verdelho70101010.54.51759
Graciosa liqueur wines 85% Arinto dos Açores - Terrantez da Terceira / Terrantez do Pico / Verdelho7012–16–––36
Graciosa sparkling wines 85% Arinto dos Açores - Terrantez da Terceira / Terrantez do Pico / Verdelho709–11.5––––

From the official production rules (EU single document, Official Journal). Hover a figure to see the clause it comes from. A dash means the rules set no figure, or it is not captured yet.

Other varieties allowed

Besides the main grapes, the rules allow these varieties in some wines. Grape names link where a profile exists.

11 varieties · Graciosa white wines

Arinto, Bical, Boal Branco, Fernão Pires, Generosa, Malvasia, Rio Grande, Seara Nova, Sercial, Tamarez, Verdelho

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

150 m
Highest vineyard allowed
Training
Systems allowed
on the ground; goblet (taça); cordon
Cellar
Where the wine must be made
Within the production zone

02 · Where the numbers come from

Sources

  1. A geospatial inventory of regulatory information for wine protected designations of origin in Europe · Candiago et al., Scientific Data 9, 394 (2022); Eurac Research · CC0
  2. Single document: Graciosa (Official Journal C 222, 26.6.2023; and the product specification 'Caderno especificações DO GRACIOSA (Final).pdf' from the EU register) · European Union, Official Journal (C series) · EU law (Commission reuse policy)
Still to check (3)
  • Generated from EU reference data: check against the current product specification.
  • From the specification: Minimum total acidity is given as 46.6 milliequivalents per litre, not g/l tartaric acid, so it is not recorded. Main varieties (section 7) must make up 85 % of the must; the rest may come from secondary varieties not listed in the single document. Liqueur wines range from dry to medium-sweet. Grapes must come from vinhas estremes trained in goblet or cordon on andic or regolic basaltic soils; the area is land up to 150 m in four parishes of Santa Cruz. The national specification (2013) covers only the white wine (nine months' minimum ageing, which may carry Reserva or Garrafeira without further rules stated); vinification in the zone allows exceptions approved by the CVRAçores.
  • National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.