The fi rst written records show that in the IX century it was
already common to produce this type of wine called txakoli in
Alava. The farmers where particularly in Amurrio, Llodio and Ayala.
In the XIII, XIV and XV century we could fi nd everywhere in Aiaraldea
geography grapes vineyards. The fi rst time that "chacolin" word was
used was found in Respaldiza, the 1st of November of 1623 in the local
archives of the Basque Country.
At that time it was a highly profi table product for the economy of
the city, and at the end of the XIX century there were 965 vineyard
areas in production in the valley of Llodio.
In 1877, three big plagues ravaged the countryside and reduced the
vineyard throughout the Basque Country, which in Aiaraldea made
almost the production of txakoli disappeared.
In 1989 began a phase in which farmers had to replant all their vineyards.
Nowadays, thanks to the efforts of Aiaraldea txakoli farmers, the
quality and production are increasing signifi cantly.
The historical data have been verifi ed in" The Txakoli in Alava" Book.
The authors of this book are Juanjo Hidalgo and Jose Miguel Llano
2007 in collaboration with D. Salvador Velilla Cordoba. Amurrio
2003.