Food quality marks of Madrid

Madrid is the only capital of a country that gives its name to a Wine Denomination of Origin, since 1990, although in 1984 the Specific Denomination Wines of Madrid was recognized.

Of the approximately 16.000 hectares of vineyards cultivated in the Community of Madrid, more than half are under the protection of the Wines of Madrid Denomination of Origin, grouped into four sub-areas (Arganda, Navalcarner, San Martín de Valdeiglesias and El Molar ).

Regulatory Council PDO WINES OF MADRID
C/ Ronda de Atocha, 7 – Low
28012 Madrid
Cell: 915 34 85 11
Fax: 915 53 85 74
www.vinosdemadrid.es

• Request for normal modification of the Specifications for the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) "Vinos de Madrid".
• Specifications for the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) "Wines of Madrid". With exchange control.
• Specifications for the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) "Wines of Madrid".

• Single Document of the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) "Wines of Madrid".
• Justification Report on behavior for the incorporation of vine varieties in the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) Wines from Madrid: Castellana Blanca, Garnacha Blanca, Tempranillo Blanco, Morate and Listán Prieto.

The Sierra de Guadarrama Meat Protected Geographical Indication guarantees the quality of 3 products from the region's cattle: Guadarrama Veal (the most popular product), Guadarrama Añojo and Guadarrama Cebón.

The production area coincides with the Sierra de la Comunidad de Madrid (Lozoya-Somosierra and part of the regions of Guadarrama, Metropolitan Area of ​​Madrid, Campiña and Southwest), a typical livestock area due to its orographic and climatic characteristics. The animals must be of the Avileña, Charolais or Limousin breeds and come from extensive farms, where their fattening is carried out using cereals.

Regulatory Council PGI MEAT FROM THE SIERRA DE GUADARRAMA
Agricultural Complex, Ctra. Guadalix, km. 2.500
28770 Colmenar Viejo (Madrid)
Phone: 918451506
Fax: +918451506
www.carneguadarrama.com

This Geographical Indication covers the meat of the Avileña-Negra-Ibérica bovine breed and that from the first cross between breeders of this breed and stallions of the Charolais and Limousin breeds. The production system is extensive and/or transhumant, using grazing and forestry resources (ramon and acorns). As supplementary feed, feed authorized by the Regulatory Council is used.

The production area is of a supra-autonomous nature, and includes agricultural regions of the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Extremadura, La Rioja and Madrid. The Community of Madrid is also included in the production area (counties of Lozoya-Somosierra, Guadarrama, Metropolitan Area of ​​Madrid and South Western).

The olives included in the Campo Real Olives Denomination of Quality must belong to the Manzanilla de Campo Real and Manzanilla Cacereña varieties, and are known for their particular handmade dressing with natural products such as thyme, fennel, oregano and garlic, which give it its flavor. characteristic. In addition, each producer has its own "secret" dressing and in addition to the ingredients mentioned, uses others such as bay leaf, cumin or marjoram.

The Campo Real olive represents more than 75% of the total production of the different types of table olives that are produced in the Community of Madrid.

Managing Body DC OLIVES OF CAMPO REAL
Calle Vilches, 60
28510 Campo Real (Madrid)
Cell: 91 873 38 01
www.aceitunasdecamporeal.com

Chinchón, in addition to a town in Madrid, is the aniseed spirit drink, sweetened or not, made from a distillation in copper stills, macerated green anise in a hydroalcoholic mixture of natural alcohols of agricultural origin. It presents four varieties: sweet, dry, special dry and extra dry.

The Chinchón anise tradition goes back a long way and its industrialization began in 1911, when 300 harvesters decided to found the Chinchón Alcohol Cooperative Society, which promoted the industrial production and bottling of this anise. The regulation that ensures the quality of the Chinchón Geographical Denomination was approved in 1991, and its production and bottling area is limited to this municipal area.

The Madrid Oil DOP protects an Extra Virgin Olive Oil, produced, prepared and packaged in a unique space due to its orographic, climatological and soil peculiarities, and which is located in the southeast of the Community of Madrid, in the municipalities belonging to the Cuenca del Henares, La Comarca de Las Vegas and several municipalities of the South Basin, bordering to the east with the Comarca de las Vegas (a total of 38 municipalities and an olive grove area of ​​approximately 23.600 hectares).

El Oil from Madrid It comes from olives of the majority varieties: Cornicabra, Castellana and Manzanilla Cacereña and from olives of minority native varieties: Carrasqueña, Gordal, Asperilla and Redondilla.

These varieties are perfectly adapted to the conditions of the region, ensuring a multivarietal identity not present in any other olive production area in the world. This natural assembly of main and minority varieties allows us to obtain unique sensory profiles, this being another unique hallmark of this oil.

In production, only mechanical procedures or other physical means are allowed that do not alter the extra virgin olive oil, preserving the flavor, aroma and characteristics of the fruits from which it comes.

“Aceite de Madrid” is characterized by its intense aromas of olive, almond, grass, leaf, apple, tomato and banana that are reaffirmed in the mouth along with a balanced presence of bitter and spicy attributes.