page_title: Bierzo (DO)
section_title: Grape varieties
hierarchical_section_title: Bierzo (DO) / Grape varieties
caption_attribution_description: Uva Mencia en época de vendimia en El Bierzo, León, España.
context_page_description: Bierzo is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida for wines located in the northwest of the province of León and covers about 3,000 km². It borders on the provinces of Ourense, Lugo and Asturias in the north and in the south on areas of La Montaña, la Cabrera and La Meseta, in Léon.
  The area consists of numerous small valleys in the mountainous part and of a wide, flat plain.
  The DO covers 23 municipalities including the largest town of the area, Ponferrada.
context_section_description: The wines produced under the Bierzo DPO must be made only with the varieties that are authorised by the Consejo Regulador (Regulatory Council).
  Red grapes: Mencía and Alicante Bouschet (Garnacha Tintorera).
  White grapes: Doña Blanca, Godello, Palomino, and Malvasía.
caption: Mencia grapes at harvest time in Bierzo.
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