2016 source, not current Spanish law; Rioja Baja is retained as source terminology. Do not normalize the PDF231 Godello/Verdelho equivalence without taxonomic checks. Albariño-Riesling pilgrimage descent is identified as legend. Producer prices, blend norms, methods and oak descriptors are not universal guarantees.
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The Spain chapter/map survey Galicia, Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Toro, Rueda, Bierzo, Navarra, Somontano, Priorat/Montsant, Penedes and Castilla-La Mancha. Rioja provides examples of multi-variety and multi-subregion blending plus different American/French oak use. The author distinguishes age categories that require cask time from other age terminology and notes that more barrel time is not always an improvement.
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Spanish wine separates oak-age labels from variety, geography and style
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No access; supplied PDF positions 227–238. Spanish wine separates oak-age labels from variety, geography and style.
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The Spain chapter/map survey Galicia, Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Toro, Rueda, Bierzo, Navarra, Somontano, Priorat/Montsant, Penedes and Castilla-La Mancha. Rioja provides examples of multi-variety and multi-subregion blending plus different American/French oak use. The author distinguishes age categories that require cask time from other age terminology and notes that more barrel time is not always an improvement.
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2016 source, not current Spanish law; Rioja Baja is retained as source terminology. Do not normalize the PDF231 Godello/Verdelho equivalence without taxonomic checks. Albariño-Riesling pilgrimage descent is identified as legend. Producer prices, blend norms, methods and oak descriptors are not universal guarantees.
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