3/20/2024 0 Comments Spanish wine region map![]() ![]() IGP – indicación geográfica protegida ('protected geographic indication'). The VC category is used for wines that do not fully meet the stringent standards of the DO category, but are above the standards of the IGP category. VC – vino de Calidad con indicación geográfica ('quality wine with geographic indication'), a category formed in 2003 along with VP. VP – vino de pago ('estate wine'), a special term for high-quality, single-estate wines ( pago is a Spanish term for a vineyard estate) which in some cases also have DO or VC or IGP appellations. ![]() Each region is governed by a consejo regulador, which decides on the boundaries of the region, permitted varietals, maximum yields, limits of alcoholic strength and other quality standards or production limitations pertaining to the zone. ![]() These are the only two regions considered "above" DO status.ĭO – denominación de origin, the mainstay of Spain's wine quality control system. Priorat uses the Catalan language DOQ, for denominació d'origen qualificada. Rioja was the first Spanish region to be awarded DOCa status in 1991, followed by Priorat in 2003. The sub-categories can be called DOP, or they can use the traditional terms of DOCa, DO, VP, and VC.ĭOCa – denominación de origen calificada ('denomination of qualified origin'), is the highest category in Spanish wine regulations, reserved for regions with above-average grape prices and particularly stringent quality controls. As of 2019 there are 96 DOPs that are subdivided into DOCa, DO, VP, and VC. The Spanish appellation hierarchy was most recently updated in 2016, and is as follows:ĭOP – denominación de origen protegida ('protected denomination of origin'), is the mainstay of Spain's wine quality control system. The Spanish DO is actually a subset of the EU-sponsored QWPSR (Quality Wine Produced in Specific Regions) regulatory code ( vino de calidad producido en región determinada (VCPRD) in Spanish) which Spain formally adopted in 1986, upon accession to the (then) EEC. As of 2019, Spain has 138 identifiable wine regions under some form of geographical classification (2 DOCa/DOQ, 68 DO, 7 VC, 19 VP, and 42 VT). The wine region classification in Spain takes a quite complex hierarchical form in which the denominación de origen protegida is a mainstream grading, equivalent to the French AOC and the Italian DOC. ![]() In 2016, the use of the term Denominación de Origen (DO) was updated to Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA – Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación) the traditional term of DO can still be used legally on labels, but it will eventually be replaced by DOP. The mainstream quality wine regions in Spain are referred to as denominaciones de origen protegidas (DOP) (similar to the French Appellations) and the wine they produce is regulated for quality according to specific laws, and in compliance with European Commission Regulation (CE) 753/2002. See also: Spanish wine DO & DOCa wine regions of Spain IGP wine regions of Spain ![]()
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