Criaderas y Soleras

Traditional term for wine

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
4 January 2021
Registered name:
Criaderas y Soleras
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 of “Jerez-Xérès-Sherry�, “Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda�, “Montilla-Moriles�, “Málaga� and “Condado de Huelva�, that uses scales of generally placed boots of oak superposed, and called “criaderas�, in which the wine of the year gets up on the superior scale of the system and is crossing the different scales or “criaderas� by partial and successive transferences, in the course of a long period, until reaching the last scale or “solera�, where it concludes the aging process.

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Published 4 January 2021
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