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General Information

ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVES

• PRESIDENT OF THE DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN: Gregorio García Chueca

• SECRETARY: José Ignacio Gracia López

ADDRESS

C.R.D.O. CAMPO DE BORJA

C/ Subida de San Andrés, 6

50570 - Ainzón (Zaragoza) España

Tel: (+34) 976 85 21 22

Fax: (+34) 976 86 88 06

www.docampodeborja.com

vinos@ docampodeborja.com

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Introduction

The history of the wines from the Campo de Borja D.O. We should highlight the cellars of the monastery itself as is indisputably linked to that of a region with great wine- well as the many private wineries existing in all the mu- making tradition since ancient times. nicipalities in the area, located in mountains or hills close to the villages or even under the houses, a tradition still The first reference to vines appearing in the documen- preserved today. tation studied in the archives of the Monastery of Veru- ela are some donations of vineyards in Magallón in 1203, Cooperatives were born in the 50s due to the difficulties which allows us to infer that vineyards had already existed of individual winemakers to market the wine from the since much earlier. area. Six winemaking cooperatives were set up which to- Undoubtedly, the abbots and monks of the Monastery of day include most of the production within the Designa- Veruela were instrumental for the maintenance of tradi- tion of Origin. tion and development of wine growing. History continued until the statutes that regulate the “Cam- The historical tradition of the wineries is equally long. po de Borja” Designation of Origin were passed in 1978.

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Zaragoza “Campo de Borja” is located in the northwest of the province Madrid of Zaragoza, 60 km. from the capital city. It is a transition area between the Iberian System mountain range and the Ebro Valley. It includes Somontano del Moncayo – the Moncayo Spain foothills - and stretches along the Valley of the River Huecha and the so-called Llanos de Plasencia – Plasencia Plains.

It consists of the entire territories of 16 municipalities: Agón, Ainzón, Alberite de San Juan, Albeta, Ambel, Bi- simbre, Borja, Bulbuente, El Buste, Bureta, Fuendejalón, Geographic Magallón, Maleján, Pozuelo de Aragón, Tabuenca and Vera de Moncayo, as well as part of the municipalities of Location Frescano and Mallén.

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Climate and Soil

Campo de Borja is a region with very 350 and 700m, gentle, rolling topography continental climate, with an Atlantic in- with very broad curves. The western part fluence during the winter, whose most is more rugged due to the presence of noteworthy characteristic is “Cierzo”, the Moncayo foothills, a mountain that a cold and dry northwest wind, and a greatly influences weather in the area, Mediterranean influence during the while providing wine with personality. summer. This peculiar climate provides it with unique characteristics which One of the features that most influ- make it different from other wine pro- ences the knowledge of the area and ducing areas. There are marked daily contributes to the proper cultivation and seasonal temperature contrasts, of vines is the study of soils. The soils with extreme temperatures. Rainfall is low, reaching an that predominate in the Designation of origin are brown average of 350mm in the lowlands and up to 450mm in limestone and terraced floors, with medium stoneniness, higher areas. It belongs to Somontano Iberico – the Iberi- good drainage, average levels of organic matter and rich an foothills – of which it is a sub-region structured around in nutrients. There are also ferrous clay soils on the slopes the Huecha Valley. closer to Moncayo, where stoniness is greater. The soils are perfectly suitable for the cultivation of vineyards with The relief consists of a series of plateaus at altitudes between quality productions.

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Production

The “Campo de Borja” D.O. currently has 7,379.42 PRODUCTION PER VARIETIES - HARVEST 2010

hectares of registered vineyards. The vineyards are both VARIETY Prod. Kgs % Area Hectares % trellised and goblet-trained, thus adapting to new produc- GARNACHA 13.793.562 48,19 4413,18 59,80 tion techniques and ensuring proper development and fruit ripening. TEMPRANILLO 5.228.737 18,27 977,16 13,24

CABERNET 3.350.159 11,70 585,88 7,93

The approved varieties are: MERLOT 1.856.202 6,48 435,71 5,90

• Red: Garnacha Tinta, Tempranillo, Mazuela, Garnacha SYRAH 3.070.557 10,73 616,33 8,35 Tintorera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. MAZUELA 108.670 0,38 35,17 0,47

• White: Macabeo, Garnacha Blanca, Muscat of Alexan- MACABEO 885.333 3,09 196,91 2,65 dria, Small-grain Muscat, Chardonnay, Sauvignon blanc and Verdejo. MOSCATEL 161.089 0,56 36,23 0,49 CHARDONNAY 170.870 0,60 82,43 1,17 Production of white wine is obviously insignificant, under 8%, the most important being young reds, rosés, Crianza TOTAL 28.625.179 7.379,42 and Reserva reds.

8 Campo de Borja CALATAYUD The Calatayud wine region is situated in the province of Zaragoza and covers an area of 5,600 hectares. The region consists of 15 vineyards (Bodegas), which produce 12.3 millon liters of wine annually.

It borders with the Cariñena DO in the east and with the province of Soria in the west.

It is in the valley of the River Ebro and is crisscrossed by many other rivers including the Jalón, Jiloca, Manubles, Mesa, Piedra and Ribota. The vineyards are to be found on the south facing slopes of the Sierra de la Virgen range at heights of between 550 m and 800 m above sea level. Calatayud achieved DO status in 1990 and it became Aragon’s second largest quality wine- producing region after Cariñena.