Torreperogil

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The production zone is located in the natural district of La Loma y Las Villas, in the south-central part of the province of Jaén, situated in the Upper Guadalquivir Valley.
• The climate is Mediterranean-continental in character, strongly influenced by the Guadalquivir Valley, which, being open to the Atlantic Ocean, channels moist winds in spring and autumn, bringing abundant rainfall in April and November of around 60 mm per month.
• Annual rainfall ranges between 400 and 600 mm, while in summer precipitation is nil.
• The soils in which the vines are grown have a loam-silt and clay-silt structure, the latter being heavy soils with a high water-retention capacity.
• These are cool soils that delay grape ripening, support good yields, and lend body, structure, and richness to both white and red wines.

• The winemaking tradition of the area dates back to the fifteenth century, and in 1956 the cooperative 'Nuestra Señora de la Misericordia' was founded, bringing growers together around a shared commitment to quality.
• Among the practices aimed at producing quality wines, manual harvesting and bunch thinning stand out, as does green pruning.

• The wines display a medium-to-high alcohol level and medium acidity.
• The wines have a high content of anthocyanins and tannins, making them well suited to ageing.
• The wines possess a high aromatic potential, favoured by the optimal ripeness of the grapes and their good sanitary condition.

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-A1418
• Official trade body site — JdA — IGP Torreperogil