Minho · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Minho in Portugal

The boundary for Minho 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 Minho must meet.

3 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Max yield t/ha	Grape ripeness min. % pot. alc.	Actual alc. min. %	After enrichment max. % alc.
Minho branco	15	7	8.5	20
Minho tinto	15	7	8.5	20
Minho rosado	15	7	8.5	20

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
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Article 93 (definitions of designation of origin and geographical indication) and Articles 92-123 · European Union · EU law
Product specification: Minho (IG - Caderno especificações IG 15022011.pdf) · 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: Vinho Regional Minho. The yield is printed as '15.ooo Kg/ Ha' (letter o for zero), read as 15,000 kg/ha. Fixed acidity (acidez fixa, not total) must be at least 4.5 g/l as tartaric acid; overpressure at most 1 bar. Variety list in Anexo I (not reproduced in the stored text). Quality terms Velho, Escolha, Grande Escolha, Reserva, Garrafeira, Superior, Colheita Seleccionada.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.