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Vineyard near Moral de Calatrava in Valdepeñas
Villafranca Pesquera is made
del Bierzo Cacabelos León A67 by Alejandro
Ponferrada Fernández, the Key
second most
A231 A231 notable producer Bierzo
A66 CASTILLA Y LEÓN in the Ribera del Cigales
A6
A52 Duero region, after Toro
Palencia Arlanzón Vega Sicilia.
Benavente A1 Rueda
Cigales Ribera del Duero
Aranda de Soria
Valladolid Duero Vinos de Madrid
Zamora Toro N122
Peñafiel Méntrida
Duero
Duero
Rueda La Mancha
A62
Valdepeñas
A66
Salamanca A6 Almansa
Segovia
A62 A50 A1 A2
Ciudad Ávila Guadalajara Tajo
Rodrigo MADRID
A66 Madrid
Marqués de Griñón
Méntrida Arganda is an intense Cabernet
Plasencia Talavera A5 Colmenar de Oreja Cuenca Sauvignon wine with a
Coria de la Reina Aranjuez
A40 deep colour, made on
A66 A5 Tajo Toledo a vast estate outside
A3 Toledo. Although offic­
EXTREMADURA ially a vino de mesa
A4
CASTILLA-LA MANCHA
Cáceres Trujillo (see p581), its quality is
Alcázar de San Juan AP36 A31 as high as a DO wine.
Guadiana Tormelloso
Ciudad A4 A43 Júcar
Real A43
Manzanares Albacete
A31
A41 Almansa
Puertollano Valdepeñas
Santa Cruz
de Mudela Hellín
Wine Regions
The wine regions of Ribera del Duero, Toro and Rueda are situated on Señorío de los
remote, high plateaus, straddling the Río Duero. To the northwest lies Llanos is produced
the isolated region of Bierzo, whose wines have more in common with in Valdepeñas. Its
neighbouring Valdeorras in Galicia. Some wine is produced around fine reds – made
Madrid, and southwest of the capital is the largely undistinguished from Cencibel
region of Méntrida. Most of Central Spain’s wine is produced in La (Tempranillo) and
Mancha – the world’s largest single wine region – and in the smaller aged in oak – are
enclave of Valdepeñas, which produces a great deal of vino de mesa. of excellent value.
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