{"id":13852,"date":"2016-11-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/malaga-wine-an-introduction"},"modified":"2017-10-05T14:44:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T12:44:35","slug":"malaga-wine-an-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/en\/malaga-wine-an-introduction","title":{"rendered":"Malaga wine: An Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

The region of Malaga is perhaps best known as a tourist destination, but did you know that they also make wine there? <\/span>Malaga wine<\/a> is a sweet dessert wine and usually comes from the Pedro Ximenez and Moscatel grapes. In addition to the sweet wines from the Malaga DO, the region produces dry white, red and ros\u00e9 wines under the Sierras de Malaga<\/a> denomination.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Where is Malaga wine made?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Malaga wine<\/strong> comes from the city of Malaga in Andalusia, Spain. Within the Malaga denomination, there are three distinct regions that grow the grapes for sweet Malaga wines: La Axarquia, <\/span>Montes de Malaga<\/span>, and <\/span>Zona Norte<\/span>. The two main grapes grown here, Pedro Ximenez<\/a> and Moscatel, are very common in the production of Spain\u2019s most famous fortified wine, <\/span>Sherry<\/span><\/a>. Other grapes grown here to produce sweet Malaga wine include Rom\u00e9, Lair\u00e9n and Doradilla.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How is Malaga wine made?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The sweet wines of Malaga may be fortified – like Sherry and Port – or unfortified and naturally sweet. The fortified wines, known as <\/span>Vinos de Licor<\/span><\/i>, have a distilled spirit added during the fermentation phase of the winemaking process. The resulting wines routinely reach between 15% and 22% of alcohol content. The unfortified sweet Malaga wines, can fall into two categories:<\/span><\/p>\n