Arlanza (DO)
The approximately 430 hectares large wine region Arlanza (DO) is in the north of Spain on both sides of the Río Arlanza and north of the wine region Ribera del Duero in height and 750 interlocutory 1050 m ; it includes parts of the provinces of Burgos and Palencia . The average annual production achieved is around 7500 hectoliters .
history
Wine has been grown in the region since Roman times , but it was mainly used for self-sufficiency . The first written records can be found since the 12th century in the documents of the monastery of Santa María de Bujedo de Juarros . At the beginning of the 20th century, the region was affected by the phylloxera crisis; many vines were lost or were re-grafted on insensitive American rhizomes by 1920. In the 1960s, the designations "quality wine" or "quality wine with predicate" ( Spanish Vino de Calidad Producido en una Región Determinada ) were introduced for some regions , which form the basis for the controlled designation of origin Arlanza (DO) introduced in 2008 for the wine-growing region. formed. Some wines from the growing area are also marketed as " country wines ".
Types of wine
- White wines (blancos)
- Albillo , Viura
- Red wines (tintos)
- Tempranillo , Garnacha , Mencia , Cabernet Sauvignon , Merlot , Petit Verdot
Communities
- Burgos Province
- Avellanosa de Muñó , Ciruelos de Cervera , Cebrecos , Cilleruelo de Abajo , Cilleruelo de Arriba , Covarrubias , Fontioso , Iglesiarrubia , Lerma , Los Balbases , Madrigal del Monte , Madrigalejo del Monte , Mahamud , Nebreda , Peral de Arlanza , Pineda Trasmonte , Pinilla Trasmonte , Puentedura , Quintanilla del Agua y Tordueles , Quintanilla del Coco , Quintanilla de la Mata , Retuerta , Revilla Vallejera , Royuela de Riofranco , Santa Cecilia , Santa Inés , Santa María del Campo , Santibáñez del Val , Santo Domingo de Silos , Solarana , Tordómar , Torrecilla del Monte , Torrepadre , Valles de Palenzuela , Villafruela , Villahoz , Villalmanzo , Villamayor de los Montes , Villangómez , Villaverde del Monte and Zael .
- Province of Palencia
- Baltanás , Cobos de Cerrato , Cordovilla la Real , Espinosa de Cerrato , Herrera de Valdecañas , Hornillos de Cerrato , Palenzuela , Quintana del Puente , Tabanera de Cerrato , Torquemada , Villahán and Villodrigo .