Buy Wine from La Mancha (Spain)
Located in the southern area of the Castilian plateau, around 60 km from Madrid, La Mancha is in Spain the biggest extension of natural area, with an 30.700 km2 surface, which means the half of the 4 provinces total extension.
La Mancha Designation of... Origen Regulation includes 182 municipalities. The area has a marked wine production vocation derivate from inherent and natural production characteristics of the grape and, as a consequence, wines of defined peculiarities. It can be said that La Mancha is an ideal area for the vine cultivation because, although the yield by hectare is not very high, its fruit quality, the ripeness cycle and the vines health are extraordinary.
La Mancha image as a huge plateau of barren lands with a great wine production but not qualified has disappear. Actually The Manchego Wines has nothing to envy to the most prestigious wines in the world.
It is also, the biggest wine production area in the world, with 191.699 vineyard hectares under the La Mancha Designation of Origen, an impressive number which possibilities to elaborate a great part of the wine production in Spain.
Main white varieties: Airen.
Main red varieties: Tempranillo (or Cencibel).