Oloroso

Traditional term for wine

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
4 January 2021
Registered name:
Oloroso
Register:
Traditional terms for wine
Status:
Registered
Class or category of product:
Traditional Term
Protection type:
Traditional Term
Country of origin:
Spain
Traditional term grapevine product category:
Liqueur wine
Traditional term type:
Description of product characteristic
Traditional term language:
Spanish
Date of registration (UK scheme):
10 March 2021
Reason for protection:
EU agreement
Internal notes:
Wine with a protected designation of origin (PDO)

Summary

Liqueur wine (vino generoso) of 鈥淛erez-X茅r猫s-Sherry鈥� and 鈥淢anzanilla Sanl煤car de Barrameda鈥�, 鈥淢ontilla Moriles鈥� which possesses the following qualities: much body, plenty and velvety, aromatic, energetic, dry or slightly led, of similar color to the mahogany, with acquired alcoholic strength between 16 and 22潞. It has been aged during at least two years, by the system of 鈥渃riaderas y soleras鈥�, in oak container of maximum capacity of 1 000 l.

Legislation

Member State or Third Country law: Order of 30 November 2011; Member state or third country Official Gazette of Andalusia No 249, 22 December 2011, p. 185,144)

Updates to this page

Published 4 January 2021
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