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Alella DO
Alella's white, flowery wines and its lesser known red ones, come from a very old vineyard area which has been receding in the last forty years under the pressure of urban development.
Today the DO is only a third of its original size when it was created in 1956, although in 1989 it was extended to spread up the slopes of the coastal mountains.
In the 1980s a series of new grapes were introduced here and wines were modernised, revealing new potential. Wineries are urban farmsteads built up stepped slopes which drop away to the sea.
The range of altitudes governs which grape varieties are grown and what kind of wine is made in which part of the vineyard.
Regulatory Council
Consejo Regulador DO Alella
Masia Museu Can Magarola, Av. Sant Mateu 2
08328 Alella
Barcelona
Tel.: +34 935 559 153
doalella@doalella.com
www.doalella.com
Sources
- Spanish Ministry of Agriculture
- Regulatory Council, Alella PDO
Wineries are urban farmsteads built up stepped slopes which drop away to the sea.
227.5 ha.
60-350 m.
Lowlands: sandy earth over granite; uplands, sandy earth over limestone.
Pansà Blanca and Chardonnay.
Garnacha, Ull de Llebre (Tempranillo)and Merlot.
6,500 kg/ha
74 %
3,191 hl