Rioja sets November 30 as the deadline for the 2026 vintage

Wineries registered in the Rioja Qualified Designation of Origin must submit the sworn declaration of production for the 2026 vintage to the Consejo Regulador de la D. O. Ca. Rioja before November 30, 2026, inclusive. This obligation is established in two circular notices from the control body published in the Boletín Oficial del Territorio Histórico de Álava number 129, dated November 9, 2026, within section III of other public administrations (Circular Notice 8/2026 and Circular Notice 9/2026).

The deadline is established “according to the provisions of the General Certification Procedure PG-10,” the technical framework that governs the certification of protected production. Both notices are dated in Logroño on October 26, 2026, and signed by Alejandra Rubio Gil, Director of the Control Body of the Regulatory Council, meaning that wineries have slightly more than three weeks from the official publication to close the harvest declaration.

The two documents divide the applicable regime: Circular Notice 8/2026 regulates the ordinary sworn declaration of production for all holders, while Circular Notice 9/2026 is addressed exclusively to winery holders who have sold musts or have produced wine from acquired musts.

Four forms per holder

The general circular details the documentation that must accompany the declaration and the method for completing it:

• DI 0702-1, sworn declaration of production per facility: one for each facility registered in the production winery registry.
• DI 0705-1, summary sworn declaration of production per holder: mandatory for those with more than one facility.
• DI 0706-0, Annex I list of grape entries, with one entry per supplier, differentiating between red and white grapes, and including own grapes.
• DI 0704-0, Annex II detail of single vineyard: only if more than one single vineyard is produced in the same facility, including name, area, kilos by color, and products obtained.

Annex I issues a differentiated list for each type of production: Rioja wines, sparkling, zone wines, municipality wines, or single vineyard.

Nimbus generates the documents and paper remains mandatory

Declarations DI 0702-1 and DI 0705-1 are carried out through Nimbus and are automatically generated using data from the traceability module, in the traceability path, first stage, processes, and generation of production declarations. The system first issues a document in test mode with the “Informative” box checked by default; actual submission requires unchecking it and validating.

The summary declaration is only considered valid once the declaration for all of the holder’s wineries has been completed; that is, the one generated with the final installation. From that moment on, no operations that affect the declaration can be registered within the traceability module.

Annex II for singular vineyards, on the other hand, is not generated by Nimbus and must be prepared on paper, as in previous campaigns. All documents, once signed by the winery manager, must also be submitted in paper format to the registry of the Regulatory Council.

1 and 4 percent shrinkage in the purchase and sale of musts

For holders involved in the purchase and sale of musts, the applicable model is DI 0703-1, which is automatically generated when DI 0702-1 is issued. The circular requires attaching copies of the transport accompanying documents for the transfers and specifies the distribution of shrinkage according to Official Circular 10/2009:

• 1 percent shrinkage for racked musts.
• 4 percent shrinkage for unracked musts.
• Higher shrinkage if agreed upon by the parties, with notification to the Regulatory Council along with the transfer request.

Both wineries, seller and buyer, must register the operation in Nimbus: the dispatcher enters it via the container interface and the buyer reports the deposit and the authorization number. In the general declaration, the declared lees cannot be less than 2 percent of the products obtained.

Yield control and protection (amparo)

Based on the declared data and the kilograms of grapes delivered to the winery, the Regulatory Council will issue a report of wines obtained by sections: protectable, non-protectable, and distillation. The lack of protection due to excess transformation is applied individually according to color and production destination, with no possibility of compensation, and the data must match the winery’s self-control system. The Authorized Inspector Service handles inquiries at telephone 941 500400.

The sworn declaration of production is the document that converts the harvest into protectable volumes: certification, yield control, and the traceability of each bottle destined for Rioja depend on it. With the deadline closing on November 30, wineries face the last three weeks of the campaign to reconcile grapes, musts, and shrinkage before the administrative closing of the year.

Source: Official Gazette of the Historical Territory of Álava, no. 129, November 9, 2026, section III – Other Public Administrations, pp. 1-2 and 1-3 (official reference: 2026-03134 and 2026-03135).