Miel de Liébana
Quercus spp. (medovice), Erica spp., Calluna vulgaris
PDOProtected designation of origin
A Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) honey from the Liébana valley by the Picos de Europa. It comes either as honeydew honey from oak and holm oak with heather nectar, almost black, or as a monofloral heather honey, very dark and pasty.
- Origin
- Liébana, Cantabria, Spain
- Colour
- 130 mm · dark amber
- Taste
- woody, malty, with salty notes
- Plant
- Quercus spp. (medovice), Erica spp., Calluna vulgaris · oak →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Its rugged terrain gives Liébana its own Mediterranean microclimate in the middle of Atlantic Cantabria.
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