Arlanza

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The climate of the zone is extreme continental, with a strong thermal contrast between day and night that influences the grape-ripening process.
• Altitude is, together with climate, one of the most determining physical factors of the zone, especially during the ripening process, which is slow and late.
• The vineyards are cultivated in the middle and lower valley of the river Arlanza, spanning communes in the provinces of Burgos and Palencia. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• The vineyard area is distributed across 62 communes, of which 50 belong to the province of Burgos and 13 to the province of Palencia. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• In the twelfth century the monastery of Santa María de Bujedo de Juarros acquired vineyards in the Ribera del Arlanza and del Duero for its own supply, complementing them with vineyards in Quintanilla del Agua. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• At the beginning of the twentieth century phylloxera appeared, forcing the uprooting of all existing vineyards and their replanting, with restructuring completed by 1920. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• The Tinta del País of the zone displays an accumulation of polyphenols and aromatic precursors, together with an ideal balance between alcohol and a pronounced acidity.

• Under these conditions — extreme continental climate, altitude, and low yields — the grapes accumulate polyphenols and aromatic precursors, and the wines are rich in polyphenols, with great structure and acidity, making them particularly well suited to ageing.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the specification (pliego de condiciones).

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Sources

• Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-ES-A0613
• Official trade body site — D.O. Arlanza