1. History

2. Climate

3. Soils

4. Authorized Grape Varieties

5. See also

6. References

Granada is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) for wines located in the province of Granada, Andalusia, Spain, extending over 168 different municipalities.

There is also sub-zone known as "Contraviesa-Alpujarras", covering another 13 municipalities in the Alpujarras mountains.

Granada achieved DOP status in 2009^[1]

History

The first evidence of winemaking in Granada is the remains of a Roman villa with a 'lagar' (grape crushing area) near the village of Molvizar

Climate

Over 50% of the territory of the province of Granada is at an elevation of over 1000 m above sea level, which means that the average temperatures are lower than in the rest of Andalusia; and so the growing cycle is dealyed with bud-burst, veraisson and harvest all occurring later than usual, i.e. the harvest is usually between the end of August and beginning of October.

The average annual temperature in the province of Granada is 15°–16 °C. The absolute maximum is 39 °C and the absolute minimum is −4 °C. Annual sunlight hours are 2,700# Average annual rainfall is 450 mm, with 70 days of rain.

Soils

In general the soils are poor in organic matter, phosphorus and nitrogen. They tend to be not very deep and are easily eroded, though water retention is good.

Authorized Grape Varieties

• White: Vigiriega, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Moscatel de grano menudo, Pedro Ximenez, Palomino, Baladi Verdejo and Torrontés
• Red: Tempranillo, Garnacha Tinta, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Syrah, Pinot Noir, Monastrell, Romé and Petit Verdot
• Sparkling: Vigiriega, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Moscatel de Alejandría and Torrontés

The authorized varieties for the Contraviesa-Alpujarras sub-zone are as follows:

• White: Vigiriega, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Moscatel, Pedro Ximenez, Baladi Verdejo and Petit Verdot
• Red: Tempranillo, Garnacha Tinta, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Syrah, Pinot Noir and Petit Verdot
• Sparkling: Vigiriega, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir^[2]

See also

• Spanish wine
• Granada

References

• Cosmopteriginae
• Cosmopterix abdita
• Cosmopterix abnormalis
• Cosmopterix aculeata
• Cosmopterix acutivalva
• Cosmopterix adrastea
• Cosmopterix ahornerella
• Cosmopterix albicaudis
• Cosmopterix amalthea
• Cosmopterix amnipularis
• Cosmopterix anadoxa
• Cosmopterix ananke
• Cosmopterix ancalodes
• Cosmopterix ancistraea
• Cosmopterix angoonae
• Cosmopterix antemidora
• Cosmopterix antichorda
• Cosmopterix antila
• Cosmopterix antillia
• Cosmopterix aphranassa
• Cosmopterix apiculata
• Cosmopterix argentifera
• Cosmopterix argentitegulella
• Cosmopterix artemidora
• Cosmopterix artifica