Prieto Picudo
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Prieto Picudo is one of the major wine grapes from the Spanish denomination of origin (DO) Tierra de León. It is a variety that delivers deeply colored red wines, with a clean acidity and high levels of sugar and tannin. This concentration gives Prieto Picudo wines a unique character and taste.
DO Tierra de Leon includes Leonese municipalities and some vallisoletan. The main grapes of this DO are mencía, the prieto picudo and tempranillo. But without a doubt, the particularity of this land that the difference of the other wine regions in the world, is undoubtedly its variety native prieto picudo.
It is native to the area of Valdevimbre, Los Oteros and the banks of the river Cea, in León, and currently occupies an area of 3,000 hectares of vineyards. Today the area is part of the area of the according to the order APA/1819/2007.[1] by which updates annex V, classification of the varieties of vine, of Royal Decree 1472 / 2000, of 4 August, which regulates the potential of wine production, the prieto picudo is recommended for the region of León and is licensed in Andalusia.
Some wineries that produce wine of prieto picudo in the region are: Leyenda del Páramo (Valdevimbre), la Cooperativa Vinícola Comarcal (Valdevimbre), Montegrande (Valdevimbre), Barcillo (Vadevimbre), Wineries Julio Crespo (Villalmán), Gondonzello (Gordoncillo) Gordonzello and Dominio DosTares (Pajares de los Oteros).
