The history of the Denomination of Origin "Rías Baixas" begins in 1980 when collected in the BOE October 11 of the...
The history of the Denomination of Origin "Rías Baixas" begins in 1980 when collected in the BOE October 11 of the PGI Albariño.
Four years later, on April 30, the regulations of the PGI Albariño and its Regulating Board were approved.
Because of the need to adapt Spanish legislation to the EU, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry, by a decree of March 17, 1988, recognizes the Rías Baixas, and on July 4 published the order which approved Regulation of the PDO and its Regulating Board, ratified by a ministerial order on July 28 of that year.
In its short history, the area of Rías Baixas able to evolve in an orderly and judicious, so it went in a period between 1987 and 2001, 492 growers to 5,059, of 14-161 wineries and a vineyard area of 237 hectares to another 2,408.
This development is also reflected in the expansion areas. In 1988 the rias Baixas Denomination of Origin consisted of 3 sub perfectly identified in the province of Pontevedra: Val do Salnes, Condado do Tea and O Rosal. In October 1996 Soutomaior incorporated in May 2000 and extends to the Ribeira do Ulla.
Source: environment
The Rías Baixas spans a number of areas of Galicia that have a number of common physical conditions that originate identified and the characteristics of their wines.
It is lowland, with generally less than 300 m altitude., Next to the sea and attached to the lower reaches of the rivers, which formally determines the climatic characteristics of Atlantic influence is manifested in mild temperatures and high rainfall and well spread with a water fall in the summer months.
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