Alarije is a minor variety of white wine

Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...

 grape from Spain

Spain

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. It is most often used in blends.

History

Alarije is thought to originate in Spain. DNA evidence suggests that it is part of the Malvasia

Malvasia

Malvasia is a group of wine grape varieties grown historically in the Mediterranean region, Balearic islands, Canary Islands and the island of Madeira, but now grown in many of the winemaking regions of the world...

 family.

Spain

Alarije is quite common in Extremadura

Extremadura

Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. Its component provinces are Cáceres and Badajoz. It is bordered by Portugal to the west...

, particularly in the Cañamero

Cañamero

Cañamero is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2005 census , the municipality has a population of 1630 inhabitants....

 district. It is one of the varieties authorised for the Ribera del Guadiana

Ribera del Guadiana

Ribera del Guadiana is a Spanish Denominación de Origen for wines located in the region of Extremadura . It extends over two provinces, Cáceres in the north and Badajoz in the south...

Denominación de Origen (DO).

Synonyms

Alarije is also known under the synonyms Aceria, Alarije Dorado, Alarije Verdoso, Arin, Aris, Barcelonés, Malvasía de Rioja, Malvasía Riojana, Rojal, Subirat, Subirat Parent, Villanueva, and Villanueva de La Serena.

Further reading

• Robinson, Jancis Vines, Grapes & Wines Mitchell Beazley 1986 ISBN 1-85732-999-6

External links

• Alarije at DonSelecto.net