Spain is a benchmark in wines, its quality and diversity have given it a great international reputation. In Spanish wineries we can find many types of wines.
At present in Spain more than 950,000 hectares are dedicated to the cultivation of grapes, a very meticulous work.
WHAT TYPES OF SPANISH WINES ARE THERE??
Relax, these are differentiated and classified into:
– Aromatic young whites
– Dry whites with wood
– Natural dry whites
– Pinks
– Aging reds
– Young reds
– Reserve reds
– Grand reserve reds
– Red oak
Specials, it is a smaller group, but among them are:
– Sweets
– Sparkling
– Generous dry
– Others: Moscatel, Pedro Ximénez, toasted wines, Fondillón, Mistela…
A long list that brings together light and acidic, aromatic, high and low alcohol, serene, short and long maturing wines, but above all tasty and sweet wines.
APPELLATION OF ORIGIN
A good idea to realize how many Spanish wines there are is to look at how many appellations of origin have been granted over the years. If we start in the north we can organize them by Autonomous Communities like this:
– Galicia: Bierzo, Valdeorras, Monterrei, Ribiero, Rías Baixas and Ribiera Sacra.
– Basque Country: Txakolí from Bizkaia, Txakolí from Getaria and Txakolí from Álava.
– Navarra: Navarra
– La Rioja: Qualified Rioja.
– Aragon: Somontano, Campo de Borja, Cariñena, Calatayud.
– Catalonia: Empordà, Pla de Bages, Penedés, Cava, Qualified Priorato, Catalunya, Montsant, Tarragona and Terra Alta.
– Valencian Community: Utiel – Requena, Valencia and Alicante.
– Balearic Islands: Binissalem – Mallorca and Pla i Llevant.
– Murcia: Yecla, Jumilla and Bullas.
– Andalusia: Montilla – Moriles, Málaga, Sierra de Málaga and Pasas de Málaga, Jerez – Xéres – Sherry and Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda and Condado de Huelva.
– Extremadura: Ribera del Guadiana.
– Castila – La Mancha: Manchuella, Valdepeñas, La Mancha, Ribera del Júcar and Uclés.
– Community of Madrid: Wines of Madrid.
– Castilla y León: Ribera del Duero, Rueda, Tierra del Vino de Zamora, Arribes, Toro, Tierra de León, Cigales and Arlanza.
– Canary Islands: Tacoronte – Acentejo.
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