Fino (liquer wine)

Traditional term for wine

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 4 January 2021

• Registered name: Fino
• Register: Traditional terms for wine
• Status: Registered
• Class or category of product: Traditional Term
• Protection type: Traditional Term
• Country of origin: Spain
• Traditional term grapevine product category: Wine and Liqueur wine
• Traditional term type: Description of product characteristic
• Traditional term language: Spanish
• Date of registration (UK scheme): 10 March 2021
• Reason for protection: EU agreement

Summary

Liqueur wine (vino generoso) of “Jerez-Xérès-Sherry” and “Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda”, “Montilla Moriles” PDO with the following qualities: straw-coloured, dry, slightly bitter, slight and fragant to the palate. Aged in “flor” during at least two years, by the system of “criaderas y soleras”, in oak container of maximum capacity of 1 000 l.

Legislation

Member State or Third Country law: Order of 30 November 2011; Member state or third country Official Gazette of Andalusia No 249, 22 December 2011, p. 185,144)

Published 4 January 2021