Uclés

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The vineyard sites are located at an altitude of between 500 and 800 m in the western half of the zone and between 600 and 1,200 m in the eastern half.
• The soils are characterised by a significant potassium content, which promotes balance and good fruit ripening.
• These are fine-textured, predominantly calcareous soils, ranging from clay-loam to sandy-loam in composition, and are deep.
• The delimited winegrowing area for this appellation encompasses vineyards in municipalities of the provinces of Cuenca and Toledo, in Castilla-La Mancha. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• The project to create an appellation of origin separate from the macro-appellation La Mancha arose in 2003 on the initiative of eight Castilian-La Mancha wineries. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• The altitude and potassium-rich soils, combined with the predominance of low-density, free-standing bush-vine training, yield grapes with well-balanced acidity that produce wines with a low pH — enhancing their acidity — which makes them particularly suited to extended bottle ageing.

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

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Sources

• Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
• National pliego de condiciones (PDF)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-ES-A0050
• Official trade body site — D.O. Uclés