Abona

Designation of origin in the island of Tenerife with three decades of history.

Legally approved by the Spanish government in 1995, the D.O. Abona takes its name from the Abona region, an area in the southern part of the island of Tenerife located between the outer side of the Teide National Park and the coast.

The Abona region has a long winegrowing history that, like most Spanish winegrowing regions, has had several ups and downs. The modern history of the region began in the 1990s with the foundation of the Cumbres de Abona cooperative, which brought together a significant number of local producers and made a push for quality. That process culminated in the creation of the Denominación de Origen Abona, which is currently comprised of 19 wineries.

The D.O. Abona covers around 1,200 hectares of land, distributed across the villages of Adeje, Arona, Vilaflor, San Miguel de Abona, Granadilla de Abona, Arico and Fasnia. The vineyards are planted at altitudes from 300 to 1,700 metres above sea level – the highest in the EU – a fact that implies significant weather and soil differences. Generally speaking, the soils are mostly sandy and clayey, combined with some jable - volcanic ash. – The climate in the southern part of Tenerife is basically Mediterranean, with scarce rainfall, many sunlight hours and a cooling influence of the trade winds.

The wines of the DO Abona are mostly made from local varieties, the most widely planted of which is the white variety Listán Blanco, followed by Gual, Verdello, Malvasía and Sabro. As regards red varieties, the most important are Listán Negro and Negramoll, complemented with Cabernet Sauvignon, Tempranillo, Merlot, Syrah, Ruby Cabernet, Castellana, Vijariego Negro, Baboso Negro and Tintilla.