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Wines by grape variety
 
Spain has more land under grape cultivation than any other country in the world. The country has an abundance of native grape varieties, with over 400 varieties planted throughout Spain though 80 percent of the country's wine production is from only 20 grapes; including the reds Tempranillo, Garnacha, and Monastrell; the whites Albariño from Galicia, Godello and Verdejo from Castilla y Leon, and the cava grape Macabeo.
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Albarino

Albariño

 

Albariño (Alvarinho) is a green-skinned grape variety native to Galicia on the north Atlantic coast of Spain. It is best known as being the key grape variety in the Rias Baixas DO, where it makes plump white wines with peach, citrus and mineral characters that pair perfectly with the local seafood.​ ​[...]

 

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Albillo

Albillo

 

Albillo is a white wine grape variety grown in northwestern Spain, notably in Galicia. It also grows further to the south and inland towards Madrid, and eastwards in Ribera del Duero where it may also be called Pardina. Although it is, at best, only lightly aromatic, Albillo produces wines with tropical notes and a rich mouthfeel. This makes it useful in blends with thinner Viura, Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains, or aromatic grapes such asVerdejo or Albarino, but it is most commonly used to make single-variety wines. [...]

 

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Alicante Bouschet

Alicante Bouschet

 

Alicante Bouschet is a teinturier grape variety widely planted in Spain, Portugal and France, particularly in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It has a long history in the wine world but lost ground in the later 20th Century in favor of more fashionable international varieties. However, Alicante Bouschet is enjoying a renaissance of sorts, with modern producers making some excellent examples at attractive prices.The variety is a crossing of Petit Bouschet and Grenache, and was first cultivated by viticulturalist Henri Bouschet in 1866. [...]

 

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70% Alicante Bouschet, 25% Monastrell, 5% Merlot

Bobal

Bobal

 

Bobal is a dark-skinned wine grape variety native to Utiel-Requena in southeast Spain. It is one of Spain's most planted grape varieties behind Tempranillo and Airen, despite its relative obscurity: Bobal grapes have long been used as a minor blending partner to the region's more glamorous grape varieties. Now, more producers are turning towardvarietal Bobal wines, which are dense and chewy with characters of chocolate and dried berries. [...]

 

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75% Bobal, 10% Shiraz, 10% Garnacha, 5% Merlot

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon

 

Cabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa ValleyCoonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood. [...]

 

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69% Syrah, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 5% Tintilla de Rota

60% Syrah, 26% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon

90% Tinta Fina, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

90% Tinta Fina, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

Callet

Callet

 

Callet is dark-skinned wine grape variety grown on the island of Mallorca (Majorca), in the Balearic Islands off Spain's Mediterranean coast. It is most commonly used in the production of rosé, where it is traditionally blended with the other indigenous varietiesFogoneu and Manto Negro. In more recent times, Callet has been used to make light-bodied red wines that may be blended withCabernet SauvignonTempranillo or Syrah[...]

 

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30% Manto Negro, 25% Syrah, 25% Cabernet, 20% Merlot, 10% Callet

Chardonnay

Chardonnay

 

Chardonnay is the world’s most famous white-wine grape and also one of the most widely planted. Although the most highly regarded expressions of the variety are those from Burgundy and California, many high-quality examples are made in Italy, Australia, New Zealand and parts of South America. [...]

 

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Dona Blanca

Doña Blanca

 

Doñ a Blanca is an obscure white grape variety used in the production of White Portand, less frequently, dry table wines. It finds its home on the northwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula, particularly in the vineyards of northern Portugal and Galicia in Spain. [...]

 

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Garnacha

Garnacha

 

Garnacha (Grenache) is a red-wine grape grown extensively in France, Spain, Australia and the United States. It is particularly versatile both in the vineyard and the winery, which may explain why it is one of the most widely distributed grapes in the world. [...]

 

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50% Garnacha, 50% Tempranillo

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58% Garnacha, 24% Syrah, 12% Merlot, 6% Tempranillo

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Godello

 

Godello (also known as Verdelho) is grown in PortugalSpainAustralia and, more recently, the Americas. It is thought to be of Portuguese origin and has a long history on the island of Madeira, where it was the most planted variety in the 19th Century.

 

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85% Godello, 15% Doña Blanca

Graciano

Graciano

 

Graciano is a black-skinned wine grape from northern Spain, grown principally in Navarra and Rioja. Although rarely seen outside Spain, the variety is found in small quantities in Australia and California. Under the name Morrastel, it is also grown in small quantities in the Languedoc. The classic Graciano wine is moderately tannic, deeply colored and intensely perfumed, with aromas of mulberry, violets and chocolate. In Rioja, where most red wines are aged in oak, these notes are complemented by vanilla and sweet spices – the trademarks of barrel-aged red wine.

 

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93% Tempranillo, 7% Graciano & Mazuelo

93% Tempranillo, 7% Graciano & Mazuelo

90% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano & Mazuelo

90% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano & Mazuelo

85% Tempranillo, 15% Graciano & Mazuelo

Macabeo

Macabeo

 

Macabeo is a white wine grape used on either side of the Pyrenees, in the north and east of Spain and the southernmost reaches of France. A relatively versatile grape, it is used in still, sparkling, dry and sweet wines. There are few universal truths about how Macabeo tastes; the wines can be fresh, floral and aromatic when harvested sufficiently early and aged in stainless steel, but weighty, honeyed and nutty when aged in oak and harvested slightly later.

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Malvasia

Malvasia

 

Malvasia is an ancient family of grapes that includes a diverse collection of noble varieties. These grapes are capable of producing wine of any feasible color in dry, sparkling and sweet styles. There are dozens of regional synonyms for and sub-varieties of Malvasia, painting the picture of a well-traveled family that has adapted to numerous environments. In the 21st Century, Malvasia is produced in ItalySpainPortugal,GreeceCroatiaSlovenia and the United States.

 

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Manto Negro

Manto Negro

 

Manto Negro is a dark-skinned grape variety found exclusively in Majorca(Mallorca), the largest of Spain’s Balearic Islands. The simple variety is suitable for producing easy-drinking reds but its unfortunate tendency to oxidize prematurely robs it of the pedigree required for aging.

 

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30% Manto Negro, 25% Syrah, 25% Cabernet, 20% Merlot, 10% Callet

Mazuelo

Mazuelo (Carignan)

 

Mazuelo (Carignan in France) is a black-skinned wine grape variety, most likely native to Aragon, northern Spain (specifically the town of Carinena). The variety is found in wines along the Mediterranean coast, particularly in northeastern Spain and in France's Languedoc-Roussillon region. It is used most commonly for blending with many of the region's other key varieties – most famously GarnachaSyrah and Monastrell.

 

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69% Syrah, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 5% Tintilla de Rota

60% Syrah, 26% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon

90% Tinta Fina, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

90% Tinta Fina, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

Merlot

Merlot

 

Merlot is a red wine variety with strong historic ties to Bordeaux and the southwest of France. It is the predominant variety in most wines from Saint-Emilion and Pomerol, the area in which the variety originated. The variety is now widely planted in wine regions across the world and, in terms of the volumes of wine produced internationally, it is rivaled only by its Bordeaux companion, Cabernet Sauvignon.

 

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60% Syrah, 26% Merlot,

14% Cabernet

30% Manto Negro, 25% Syrah, 25% Cabernet, 20% Merlot,

10% Callet

58% Garnacha, 24% Syrah,

12% Merlot, 6% Tempranillo

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Merseguera

Merseguera

 

Merseguera is a little-known white wine grape variety grown along the southeastern coast of Spain. Plantings are relatively few, and centered on the vineyards of ValenciaAlicante and Jumilla.

 

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70% Merseguera, 15% Viogner, 15% Malvasia

Monastrell

Monastrell (Mourvedre)

 

It has been only quite recently that wine lovers around the world realised that there was such a close connection between the main grape of Bandol in Provence, the rather scorned Monastrell vine planted in such profusion on the Mediterranean coast of Spain and pockets of ancient vine stumps in both California and Australia traditionally called Mataro. They are one and the same grape variety, for long either despised or ignored.

 

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70% Alicante Bouschet,

25% Monastrell, 5% Merlot

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Moscatel

Moscatel (Muscat)

 

Moscatel (Moscato in Italy, Muscat in English) is the name of one of the oldest and most widespread grape families in the world. The grapes we know today as Moscatel – which are believed to have originated in the Middle East – have been used in winemaking since the times of the ancient Greeks. However, a long history brings with it an equally long list of synonyms, mutations and crossings.

 

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Pedro Ximenez

Pedro Ximenez

 

Pedro Ximenez is a white wine grape best known for its role in the sweet sherries ofJerez, Spain. Largely unsuited to table wine production due to its very low acidity, Pedro Ximenez shines as fortified wine either in the Sherry Blend, or as a fortified single-variety wine known as PX. It is grown throughout Andalucia (particularly in Montilla-Moriles) and to a lesser extent in other southern Spanish regions including ValenciaExtremadura and the Canary Islands.

 

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Samso

Samso

 

Samso (Carignan grown in Catalonia) is a black-skinned wine grape variety, most likely native to Aragon, northern Spain (specifically the town of Carinena). The variety is found in wines along the Mediterranean coast, particularly in northeastern Spain. It is used most commonly for blending with many of the region's other key varieties – most famously GarnachaSyrah and Monastrell.

 

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65% Samso, 35% Garnacha

55% Samso, 45% Garnacha

Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon Blanc

 

Sauvignon Blanc is a white-wine grape from western France, now successfully grown in emerging and established wine regions all over the world. While the grape may be more readily associated with the Loire Valley (for its pivotal role in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume), it is more likely to have originated from Bordeaux, where it is typically blended with Semillon.

 

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Syrah

Syrah (Shiraz)

 

Syrah is a dark-skinned red wine grape. Its origins have been popularly debated, but its modern viticultural home is unquestionably the northern Rhone Valley of eastern France. In Australia, Syrah is overwhelmingly (but not exclusively) known as Shiraz, and is regarded as the country's national grape.

 

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60% Syrah, 26% Merlot,

14% Cabernet

30% Manto Negro, 25% Syrah, 25% Cabernet, 20% Merlot,

10% Callet

75% Bobal, 10% Garnacha,

10% Syrah, 5% Merlot

69% Syrah, 14% Cabernet,

12% Merlot, 5% Tintilla de Rota

Tempranillo

Tempranillo (Tinta Fina)

 

Tempranillo is the grape variety that forms the backbone of some of the finest red wines from Spain and Portugal. Almost every red wine from Rioja and Ribera del Duerohas Tempranillo at its core, and in Portugal the variety is widely used in the Douro Valley both for table wines and fortified wines (Port). Tempranillo vines have been successfully adopted in the New World, especially in California, Argentina and Australia.

 

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20% Merlot

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93% Tempranillo, 7% Graciano & Mazuelo

50% Tempranillo,

50% Garnacha

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90% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano & Mazuelo

100% Tempranillo (Tinta Fina)

90% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano & Mazuelo

90% Tempranillo (Tinta Fina), 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

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Tintilla de Rota

Tintilla de Rota

 

Tintilla de Rota is a black-skinned wine grape from southern Spain, grown principally in Cadiz and Huelva. After some DNA studies, Spanish scientists affirm it is the grape also called Graciano. The Tintilla de Rota wine is moderately tannic, deeply colored and intensely perfumed, with aromas of mulberry, violets and chocolate.

 

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69% Syrah, 14% Cabernet Sauv, 12% Merlot, 5% Tintilla de Rota

Verdejo

Verdejo

 

Verdejo is the aromatic grape variety behind the crisp white wines of Rueda in central Spain. It is by far the most planted variety in this part of the country, and is produced both varietally and as the major component of a blend with either Viura or Sauvignon Blanc. Full-bodied Verdejo wines are held in high regard, displaying herbaceous, nutty characters with balanced acidity and some cellaring potential.

 

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Viogner

Viogner

 

Viognier is a white-wine grape variety known for producing textural, aromatic wines with pronounced stonefruit flavors; 'apricots and steel' are the variety's classic flavor associations. On the nose, Viognier wines can also be very herbal, with aromas of chamomile, lavender, thyme and even a hint of pine. In aged examples and sweeter styles, this potentially overpowering herbality is softened by honeyed notes.

 

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70% Merseguera, 15% Viognier, 15% Malvasia

Viura

Viura

 

Viura is a white wine grape used on either side of the Pyrenees, in the north and east of Spain and the southernmost reaches of France. A relatively versatile grape, it is used in still, sparkling, dry and sweet wines. There are few universal truths about how Macabeo tastes; the wines can be fresh, floral and aromatic when harvested sufficiently early and aged in stainless steel, but weighty, honeyed and nutty when aged in oak and harvested slightly later.

 

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