📜 Torreperogil

Torreperogil is a protected geographical indication (PGI) for wine from the province of Jaén in Andalusia, Spain. It has been registered since 8 August 2009 and covers white, rosé and red wines.

The spec describes the white wines as very pale in colour with a slight yellow tone, and the rosés as having violet shades. The red wines are described as ruby in colour. For all three types the minimum actual alcoholic strength is 10% vol and the minimum total acidity is 3.5 g/l expressed as tartaric acid. Maximum volatile acidity is 13.3 meq/l.

The delimited area includes the municipalities of Torreperogil, Úbeda, Sabiote, Cabra de Santo Cristo, Rus, Canena, Baeza, Cazorla, Santo Tomé, Pozo Alcón and Villacarrillo in the province of Jaén.

The main wine grapes named in the spec are Tempranillo, Cencibel, Tinto de Toro, Pedro Ximénez, Pardina, Baladí Verdejo, Robal, Calagraño, Jaén Blanco and Garnacha Tinta. Maximum yields are 10,000 kg of grapes per hectare for red varieties and 12,000 kg per hectare for white varieties.

The spec ties the wines to the area through a climate with high daytime temperatures, no rain during ripening and more than 2,500 hours of sunshine per year. Soils are rich in calcium carbonate and low in organic matter, and yields are limited. According to the spec, these conditions give wines of medium-high alcohol and medium acidity, with a high content of anthocyanins and tannins.

Labels may also use the name of the larger geographical unit Andalucía.