The types of wines differ mainly depending on the type of grape
that is used in its production. They can come from one type of grape or the
mixture of several.
Wines with
Denomination
Some of the wines with Designation
of Origin (D.O.) Spain's most important are:
· Sire: it is a wine
that comes from the area of southeastern Zamora coming to Valladolid. The most important are the
reds but there are also white and pink. The grape is the most widely used ink Toro is
trempanillo. His D.O. data de 1987.
· Valdepeñas: being made red
wines, white and pink, but the latter are at the greatest importance. The grapes used are Cencibel
for the red and white for Airen. It originates in Ciudad Real and D.O. es de 1932 . It is 1932.
· Ribeiro: are mainly white
wines produced from grapes Treixadura, Albariño, Godello, Loureira and
Torrontés. The reds come from
Sousón, Brancellao, Caiño, Ferrón and Mencía. It is a wine of western Ourense
which has D.O. snce 1933.
· Rioja: it is a wine of
Navarre, the Basque Country and in the province of La Rioja which
in 1925 won the D.O. Being the first region to succeed.Emphasize the reds made
with tempranillo grapes, Graciano, Garnacha and Mazuela. Whites lead Malvasia
riojana, Garnacha and white Viura.
· Rueda: wines from the south
of Valladolid and Segovia dominated from the white grape
varieties Verdejo, Sauvignon blanc, Viura and Palomino. In 2001 it began making reds. In 1980 obtained the
D.O.
· Ribera del Duero: red wines made from grapes
tempranilloIt also produces pink to red grape incorporating AlbilloThey D.O.
since 1982, and are from the provinces of Burgos, Soria, Segovia and
Valladolid.
· Cariñena: are wines from
the south of Zaragoza with D.O. desde 1933 . Since 1933.
The
reds are made with grapes Juan Ibanez, Monastrell, Cabernet-Sauvignon; Merlot
and Syrah. For their part,
the White occur Garnacha white, Parellada and Chardonnay.
· Cava: it is a sparkling
wine with D.O. since 1959. It comes from the
region of Catalonia, whose capital Penedés in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia. The Chardonnay grapes and
Subirat give rise to white. The red is produced with Pinot Noir and Trepat.
· Penedés: white wine
produced from grapes Macabeo, Xarel.lo, Parellada, Subirat-parent and
Chardonnay. The reds are made with Tempranillo, Cabernet-Sauvignon, Garnacha
ink, Cariñena, Monastrell and Sausón. They come from the south of Barcelona
and Tarragona. They obtained the D.O. en 1960.
· Jumilla: Develops reds at
its 80% but also pink and white. It is from the south of Jumilla in Albacete and
Murcia. The reds come from
Monastrell grapes, Garnacha ink Cancibel, Cabernet-sauvignon, Grenache, Merlot
and Syrah. Su D.O. His
D.O. es de 1966 . It is 1966.
· Malaga: a moscatel the
Andalusian province with the same name. It is made by mixing grape varieties Pedro Ximénez
and Muscat of Alexandria and Morisco. His first regulation D.O. data del año 1937 . dating from 1937.
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