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Spanish wine regions
9 regions and 22 producers, with the grapes each one is built on.
Grapes
The varieties behind Spanish labels.
Producers
22 Spanish wineries worth knowing.
Alvaro Palacios
Priorat, Catalonia · founded 1989
The pioneer of modern Priorat, making L'Ermita from ancient Garnacha vines on llicorella slate, redefining Spanish wine quality in the 1990s.
Artadi
Laguardia, Rioja Alavesa · founded 1985
Juan Carlos Lopez de Lacalle left the cooperative to create single-vineyard Riojas of Burgundian precision, Vinas de Gain and El Carretil being the finest.
Bodegas Roda
Haro, Rioja · founded 1987
An exemplary modern Rioja estate producing low-yield, long-macerated Tempranillos aged in French oak, with Cirsion as the cult single-parcel pinnacle.
Clos Mogador
Gratallops, Priorat · founded 1989
Rene Barbier's historic Priorat estate, one of the Clos du Priorat quintet that relaunched the appellation in the 1980s. Old Grenache on llicorella slate.
CVNE
Haro, Rioja · founded 1879
Compania Vinicola del Norte de Espana, a Rioja institution since 1879, producing the legendary Imperial Gran Reserva and Vina Real range.
Descendientes de J. Palacios
Corullon, Bierzo · founded 1999
Alvaro Palacios and his nephew Ricardo rediscovered old-vine Mencia in Bierzo, making La Faraona from 85-year-old vines, one of Spain's rarest wines.
Dominio de Atauta
Atauta, Ribera del Duero · founded 1999
From the coldest, highest village in Ribera del Duero, ancient Tempranillo vines produce wines of haunting purity and low alcohol, unlike typical Ribera.
Dominio de Pingus
Ribera del Duero · founded 1995
Founded by Dane Peter Sisseck in 1995, Pingus quickly became Spain's most sought-after wine, made from ancient Tempranillo vines on clay-limestone soils.
Envinate
Various, Spain · founded 2005
A collective of four winemaker friends making exceptional Mencia in Ribeira Sacra and Canary Island Listan from old vines with radical minimalism.
Gonzalez Byass
Jerez de la Frontera, Sherry · founded 1835
The most famous Sherry house, producer of Tio Pepe, the world's best-selling Fino Sherry, and Apostoles and Matusalem aged Sherries of extraordinary complexity.
La Rioja Alta
Haro, Rioja · founded 1890
One of the last grandes bodegas still making traditional Rioja in Haro, ageing wines in old American oak to produce 890 Gran Reserva of great classical elegance.
López de Heredia
Rioja · founded 1877
The most traditional Rioja producer, ageing wines in barrels for decades. Viña Tondonia is the benchmark of traditional Rioja, available in both red and white expressions.
Lustau
Jerez de la Frontera, Sherry · founded 1896
The most respected Sherry house for connoisseurs, with a range spanning Fino, Manzanilla, Oloroso, Palo Cortado, and Almacenistas from small independent producers.
Marques de Murrieta
Logrono, Rioja · founded 1852
Co-founder of the modern Rioja appellation with Marques de Riscal in 1852, producing the legendary Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial, aged decades in barrel.
Marques de Riscal
Rioja Alavesa · founded 1858
One of the founders of the modern Rioja appellation in 1858, producing elegant, structured Tempranillos from its historic bodega designed by Frank Gehry.
Martin Codax
Cambados, Rias Baixas · founded 1986
The leading Albarino cooperative in Rias Baixas, named for a 13th-century troubadour and making crisp, aromatic whites from granite-grown Albarino.
Mas Doix
Poboleda, Priorat · founded 1998
A Priorat estate with remarkable old-vine Carinena and Grenache plantings dating to the 1900s, producing wines of great mineral depth and ageing potential.
Muga
Haro, Rioja · founded 1932
Still oak-fermenting some wines in Haro, the Muga family produces Prado Enea, arguably the most traditional and complex of all Rioja Gran Reservas.
Raul Perez
Valtuille de Abajo, Bierzo · founded 1999
The most creative winemaker in northern Spain, producing small-lot Mencia from Bierzo, Ribeira Sacra, and Rias Baixas with a natural, low-intervention approach.
Telmo Rodriguez
Logrono, Rioja · founded 1994
Spain's most travelled winemaker, reviving forgotten old-vine vineyards in Toro, Ribera del Duero, Cigales, and Rioja with a hands-off, terroir-first approach.
Torres
Penedes, Catalonia · founded 1870
Catalonia's most international family winery, pioneering French varietals in Spain in the 1970s with Mas La Plana, their iconic Cabernet Sauvignon.
Vega Sicilia
Ribera del Duero · founded 1864
Spain's most celebrated wine estate, producing Unico from a blend of Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon aged for up to ten years in oak and bottle.
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