Sierras de Las Estancias y Los Filabres

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The zone records a high number of hours of sunshine, high daytime temperatures and cool nights, low humidity and scarce rainfall during ripening.
• The geographical indication covers municipalities such as Alcóntar, Serón, Bacares, Tíjola, Purchena, Olula del Río, Macael and Albox, located in the province of Almería. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Official recognition of this geographical indication was granted by the Order of 21 October 2008 of the Regional Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Junta de Andalucía.
• This recognition was published in the Official State Gazette by Resolution of 13 April 2009, pursuant to Law 24/2003, of 10 July, on the Vine and Wine.

• The mineral aromas and flavours of the red wines come from the slaty soils, while the elegance of these wines is determined by the calcareous soils.
• The red wines are dark garnet cherry or dark red in colour, intense and highly opaque, and when young show vermilion rims with violet hues.
• On the palate the reds are powerful, with excellent tannic structure and plenty of body, flavourful, fleshy and elegant, with balanced acidity and long, intense finishes with hints of fruit.
• The white wines range from straw yellow to pale gold, bright with greenish highlights, and show on the palate all the aromatic attributes together with their Mediterranean character.
• The rosé wines show a lively, intense and bright raspberry-pink colour, with a long palate and aftertastes reminiscent of tropical fruits.

• The area's high altitude above sea level allows the white wines to show intense fruity and floral aromas that would be practically impossible to achieve at lower altitudes.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the specification (pliego de condiciones).

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Sources

• National pliego de condiciones (PDF)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-ES-A1417
• Official trade body site — JdA — IGP Sierras de Las Estancias y Los Filabres