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D.O. Montilla-Moriles

Introduction | History | Geography | Climate | Viticulture | Viniculture | Wines | Wineries  

Montilla-Moriles lies at the centre of a historical triangle that may be drawn between Granada, Seville and Córdoba city. It lies in Córdoba province. Today the vines share the space with wheat and olives to give the classical Mediterranean trilogy: bread, wine and oil. Its wines are often wrongly though it of simply as another Sherry, although its history is as distinguished as that of its more famous Sherry neighbour. The main grape, Pedro Ximénez, makes it distinct. There are three basic types of Montilla wine: young fruity wines, aged (crianza) wines and generosos, which have aged in a Solera system and include a wide range of styles from fino to amontillado - a style invented here in the 18th-century - to oloroso. Its PX wines -that is, Pedro Ximénez- are of increasing importance. They are also, legally, sold to Jerez and Málaga producers. Experimental plantations of light wine grapes, as yet not permitted in DO wines, suggests that Montilla-Moriles may well be toying with the idea of a separate sub-denomination to produce young red and white wines. The climate offers potential for registered organic growing, which has just begun.

 

 

Fact file

CRDO address:

C/ Rita Pérez s/n

14550 Montilla

Córdoba

Spain

DO Established

1945

Telephone

+34 957-699-954

Fax

+34 957-699-961

E-mail

consejo.montillamoriles@juntadeandalucia.es

Website

www.montilla-moriles.org

Vineyards:

Subzones

Superior quality, and production region

Area Under Vine

6,993 ha

Area in Full Production

85%

Altitude

650 m

Soil Types

Albarizas - chalky; Ruedos - sand over clay, some limestone

Principal Grapes (w)

Pedro Ximénez,

Principal Grapes (r)

-

Permitted Grapes (w)

Lairén, Baladí, Moscatel, Torrontés, Verdejo

Permitted Grapes (r)

-

Experimental Grapes (w)

Macabeo, Moscatel, Chardonnay, Sauvignon

Experimental Grapes (r)

-

Climate:

Max. Summer Temp.

45°C

Min. Winter Temp.

-6°C

Average Rainfall

625 mm annually

Average Sunshine

2,900 hours annually

Production:

Maximum Crop

14,000 kg/ha

Yield

70%

Equivalent hl/ha

98 hl/ha

Production 2006 (hl)

259.266

Production 2007 (hl)

306.186

Production 2007 (hl)

287.300

Wine types:

White

Young wines: min 10% abv, max. 12% abv

Generoso: min 15% abv, max. 22% abv

Pedro Ximénez: min. 15% abv

Pink

-

Red

-

Other

WInes without ageing, wines with ageing, Vinos de tinaja, and Vinos generosos de licor.

Ageing in oak:

Crianza

WInes with ageing: 1 year in oak

Generosos: 2 years in oak

Wineries:

Total

88

Total exports - 2006

30,425

Total exports - 2007

27,569

Total exports - 2008

22,735

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