📜 Méntrida

Méntrida is a Spanish protected designation of origin (PDO, DOP) for wines from the north of the province of Toledo, in Castilla-La Mancha. It has been in the EU register since 13 June 1986.

The main grape variety is Garnacha Tinta. Under the amendment communicated on 15 December 2022 the red varieties Garnacha Peluda, Garnacha Tintorera and Moravia Agria and the white variety Garnacha Blanca were added.

The specification covers dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet and sweet white, rosé and red wines, including wines bearing the term Roble, barrel-aged white and red wines, and Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva reds, as well as red, white and rosé quality sparkling wines. White wines are pale straw yellow, rosés range from pale pink to strawberry, and reds from cherry red to dark garnet. Minimum actual alcoholic strength is 11.5% vol for dry whites and rosés and 12% vol for dry reds. Barrel-aged white wine must spend at least two months in barrels of 200 to 2,000 litres.

Maximum yields are 7,150 kg of grapes per hectare (50 hl/ha by hand, 53 hl/ha mechanised) for bush-trained vines and 12,850 kg/ha (90 and 95 hl/ha) for trellised vines. Wine labelled Vino de Pueblo has yields 20% lower. No more than 70 litres of wine per 100 kg of grapes may be extracted, or 74 litres with mechanised harvesting.

The demarcated area covers 77 municipalities in the north of the province of Toledo. The name Toledo may appear on labels as a larger geographical unit, and a municipality name may follow the term Vino de Pueblo.