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D.O. Valdepeñas

Description to D.O. Valdepeñas

The Spanish DO area is an enclave on the southern edge of the huge DO area of La Mancha and is named after the town of the same name. The name means "valley of the rocks". The vineyards at 700 metres above sea level cover around 30,000 hectares on stony, reddish-coloured soil with a water-storing limestone layer. The climate is extreme and is described as "nine months of winter and three months of hell (dry and hot)". At the beginning of the 1990s, the proportion of the white variety Airen was still around 80%, but this has since been reduced to around half in favour of the red wine varieties Cencibel (Tempranillo), Garnacha Tinta and Cabernet Sauvignon. Other white wine varieties are Macabeo, Pardillo and Moravia Agria.

In the middle of the 19th century, a light red wine blended with white wine became popular as Clarete and was exported as far as South America. This light red wine, known as "Tinto Tradicional" (also "Tinto Valdepeñas"), is still produced today from red wine grapes (at least 20% Cencibel) and white wine grapes and fermented together. However, the best quality is considered to be the red wines produced purely from Cencibel and mostly matured in barriques. The rosé wines are mainly made from Cencibel and/or Garnacha Tinta, the white wines mainly from Airén. Well-known producers include Aruspide, Miguel Calatayud, Dionisos, Bodegas J. A. Megía e Hijos, Bodegas Los Llanos, Rafael López-Tello, Bodegas Los Marcos, Márquez, Miguel Martín, Juan Ramírez, Bodegas Real, Bodegas Félix Solís (Viña Albali), Casa de la Viña and Visán.

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