Spain - Wine regions and their wine

Today Spain has more then 146 acknowledged vine varieties, making Spain one of the most varied wine cultures in the world. The Garnacha grape is the most common red grape in Spain. Among white grapes the most popular is Airén, which is also the most commonly grown grape in the world. Spain has over 650,000 hectares of vines.

Vine varieties

Type

Surface area

Airén

420,000 ha

Albariño

-

Albillo

-

Alcanón

-

Alicante Ganzin

-

Alicante Henri Bouschet

-

Bobal

113,000 ha

Brancellao

-

Cabernet Franc

-

Cabernet Sauvignon

-

Caiño

-

Caiño tinto

-

Callet

-

Cariñena

-

Cayetana blanca

-

Cazagal (Cayetana)

-

Cencibel (Tempranillo)

-

Chardonnay

-

Chenin blanc

-

Doña blanca

-

Espadeiro

-

Fogoneu

-

Forastera

-

Forcayat

-

Garnacha Blanca

-

Garnacha Tinta

170,000 ha

Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante)

-

Gewürztraminer

-

Godello

-

Graciano

-

Hondarrabi Beltz

-

Hondarrabi Zuri

-

Jaén

-

Juan Ibañez

-

Lairén (Airén)

-

Listán Blanca (Palmino Fino)

-

Listán Tinto (Palmino Fino)

-

Loureira

-

Macabeo

46,000 ha

Malbec

-

Malvar

-

Malvasía

-

Manto Negro

-

Maria Ardona

-

Mazuelo (Cariñena)

-

Mencía

-

Merlot

-

Merseguera

-

Moll

Monastrell

107,000 ha

Moravia

-

Moristel

-

Moscatel

-

Muscat de Alejandria

-

Muscat de Frontignan

-

Muscat de Menudo

-

Negramoll

-

Palomino Fino

36,000 ha

Pansa Blanca (Pardina, Xarel-lo)

55,000 ha

Parellada

18,000 ha

Pedro Ximénez

20,000 ha

Planta Nova

-

Pinot Noir

-

Prieto Picudo

-

Riesling

-

Samsó (Cariñena)

-

Sauvignon blanc

-

Subirat Parent (Malvasía)

-

Souson

-

Syrah

-

Tempranillo

70,000 ha

Torrontés

-

Trepat

-

Treixadura

-

Verdejo

-

Verdil

-

Viura (Macabeo)

-

Viognier

-

Ull de Llebre

8,000 ha

Xarel-lo

-

Zalema

-

Total

650,000 ha