Ribera del Gállego - Cinco Villas

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The Gállego river is the principal geographical feature of the zone, with the Pyrenees forming a natural northern boundary that shapes landscape, topography, climate, and soils.
• The predominant soils are Cambisols of the calcaric and gleyic types, Haplic Calcisol, Haplic Gypsisol, and, to a lesser extent, Eutric Fluvisol, according to the FAO WRB classification of 1998.
• Particularly noteworthy is the abundance of cascajo, a stony, free-draining terrain to which the cultivation of the vine is exceptionally well suited.
• The climate is predominantly Mediterranean continental in character according to the Köppen classification, with transitional Mediterranean–oceanic zones in the north due to the influence of the Pyrenees, and areas of dry steppe climate near Zaragoza.
• A distinctive climatic feature of this zone is the presence of a local wind known as the alaniés.

• The Aragonese branch of the Camino de Santiago passes through the zone, and Cistercian monks directed the colonisation of the land, planting significant areas of vineyard.
• The winemaking tradition is also reflected in the many cellars excavated into hillsides found in localities such as Almudévar, Lierta, Ortilla, and Puibolea.

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

All appellations in Spain

Sources

• National pliego de condiciones (PDF)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-ES-A0245
• Official trade body site — Gobierno de Aragón — IGP Ribera del Gállego-Cinco Villas