Ribera del Gállego - Cinco Villas

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Dominant soils: Cambisols (Calcaric and Gleyic), Haplic Calcisol, Haplic Gypsisol, and Eutric Fluvisol (WRB/FAO 1998 classification).
• Tierra de cascajo—stony, excellently drained terrain—is abundant in the area and particularly well suited to viticulture.
• The climate is predominantly Mediterranean continental; patches of Mediterranean-oceanic transition occur in the north, and dry steppe conditions prevail near Zaragoza.
• The local wind known as the «alaniés» is a distinctive climatic singularity characteristic of this zone.
• The Pyrenees act as a natural boundary to the north, shaping the orography, climate, soils, and rainfall patterns of the pre-Pyrenean ranges.

• At the Cortes de Zaragoza in 1414, the import of foreign wines was prohibited; in 1898, growers from Ayerbe won medals for their Garnacha-based red wines.
• Between 1943 and 1964, the principal wine cooperatives of the area were founded, including those of Ejea de los Caballeros (1943) and Almudévar (1958).

• The tierra de cascajo (stony soils with good drainage) and the alaniés wind, both unique to the zone, favour the production of a distinctive final product.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the the specification.

Sources

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