Ycoden-Daute-Isora

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• The district constitutes the oldest zone of the island, at 12 million years of age, although part of the territory consists of recent volcanic soil from eruptions in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries.
• The soils are acidic, with a mean pH of 6.2 and a mean organic matter content of 6.0%, although most have a content below 4%.
• The soils have a low sodium content, with a mean level below 2.0 meq/100g, and a low potassium content, with a mean level of 4.44 meq/100g, and their texture ranges from sandy loam to loam.
• The vineyards are located between 50 and 1,400 metres above sea level, on small, steep plots that allow almost no mechanisation.
• The climate features countless microclimates owing to the influence of the trade winds, the Atlantic Ocean current, and varying altitude, with a mean annual temperature of 19 °C and mean rainfall of 540 mm per year.

• Vine cultivation dates to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when the renowned 'Canary Wine' was exported from the port of Garachico, as the Canary Islands lay on the obligatory route between Europe and the Americas.
• Several training systems are used, including the overhead pergola (emparrado), cordons or trailing canes (rastras), the irregular gobelet, the low pergola (parral bajo), and the vertical trellis (espaldera), all adapted to areas of difficult terrain.

• The wines show a medium-to-high intensity on the nose and a fruity finish on the palate.
• Production is known especially for its white and off-dry wines, with a notable representation of other styles, particularly young reds, not exceeding 30% of the total. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• The low-fertility, high-sand soils retain little water and warm up earlier, causing fruit ripening to begin sooner and to proceed more slowly, yielding wines of perfect balance.

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 PDO-ES-A0114
• Official trade body site — D.O. Ycoden-Daute-Isora