Summary
TEMPRANILLO is Spain's most popular grape for red wine. It's the main ingredient, for example, in red Rioja and pops up all over the country as a major player, albeit under a bewildering number of aliases.
In Ribera del Duero it's Tinto Fino' in Cigales it's Tinto del Pa's' in Toro (rather proprietarily) it's Tinta de Toro' in La Mancha and Valdepeas it's Cencibel, and in Catalonia it's Ull de Llebre.See the full content of this document
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A Name Which Is Open to Change ; Wine
True to its name (tempranillo means the little early one), it ripens quickly in the hottest areas of Spain. Harvest in La Mancha may begin as early at the first days of August, but in the cooler northe...
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