Magallón
Zaragoza · Aragon
DO Campo de Borja1.108inhabitants
50 BCfirst mention
1203wine documented
A town in the Campo de Borja comarca (Zaragoza). It originated in an Iberian and Roman settlement, Caravis; after Muslim rule it was reconquered by Alfonso I the Battler in 1119, and in 1430 it became a royal town.
First mention: Iberian coins from the Caraues mint (1st century BC) and, in the 3rd century, the Antonine Itinerary, which mentions the mansio Caravi between Turiaso and Caesaraugusta; it is identified with the original settlement of Magallón. The name Magallón is recorded as a town in documents from 1243.
The legend
documented 1203 (donation of vineyards in Magallón, Veruela archive); supposed Roman originsThe vineyards of Magallón in the parchments of Veruela
The Cistercian monks who settled at Veruela, at the foot of the Moncayo, in the 12th century gradually accumulated land through donations. Among the monastery's parchments appears, in 1203, the transfer of vineyards located in Magallón: it is the oldest written reference to the vine that the Regulatory Council of Campo de Borja has found anywhere in the district, and it implies that those vineyards already existed before. Local tradition credits the abbots of Veruela with keeping the vineyards going for centuries. In Magallón, moreover, wine was stored in bodegas dug into the hill next to the village, an underground quarter that still opens every 23 April, Saint George's Day.
Alive today: Magallón has four bodegas and a cooperative within the DOP Campo de Borja, the so-called empire of Garnacha. The village holds the Fiesta de las Bodegas every 23 April in its rock-cut bodegas, as well as the Saborea Magallón wine and olive oil fair, which reached its tenth edition in 2026.
Wineries and their wines
- Azzulo Blanco Semidulce
- Coto de Hayas Tempranillo-Cabernet
- Coto de Hayas Tinto
- Don Ramón Garnacha Imperial
- Garnacha Centenaria
Wine towns nearby