Lower Ribera

Located in the south of the region. It is an important area in terms of number of wineries and extension of 28% of the vineyard surface. The soils are predominantly brown, subdesert gray to the south of Tudela and brown-limestone to the north. It is made up of 14 municipalities.

OTHER TERRITORIES

In the south of Navarra, a vast plain dominated by the Moncayo mountain range is home to fertile soils and a unique semi-arid climate.

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Situation

It is located in the south of Navarre, in the Ebro Valley, between Aragon and La Rioja. Capital: Tudela.

Landscape

Great plain, with scarce vegetation and very flat, dominated by the imposing presence of the Sierra del Moncayo. In the most favorable areas there is an abundance of orchards.

Vineyard area

2,633 hectares

Main grape varieties

Among the reds, Garnacha is the dominant grape, followed by Tempranillo. As for white grapes, there is the highest concentration of Viura and Moscatel in the region.

Soils

A large part of the vineyard occupies soils located on different levels of Quaternary terraces and glaciers formed by the Ebro River and its tributaries on its right bank. Most of the sediments come from the Iberian system. The soils are flat, deep, loamy textured and often stony. On the higher terraces, calcareous crusts are frequent at shallow depths, as in Montes de Cierzo. In the southernmost part, on the gentle slopes of this area dominated by the Moncayo, it occupies soils of variable thickness and stoniness, with fine loamy or silty textures on alternating marls, sandstones and conglomerates of the Tertiary continental Ebro Valley.

Weather

This area is quite homogeneous in terms of climatic conditions, being fully located in the semi-arid zone. Given the thermal regime and average annual rainfall of between 361 and 384 mm, there is a water deficit for the vines of over 300 mm per year. The favorable vegetative periods for the vines are the longest in the D.O. Navarra, ranging from 227 days in Fitero to 255 in Tudela, and all the viticultural bioclimatic indexes reach their highest values.