Grape · Red
Tempranillo
Also known as Aragonez in Alentejo, Tinta Roriz in Douro Valley, Cencibel in Central Spain, Tinta de Toro in Toro, Tinto Fino in Ribera del Duero or Ull de Llebre in Catalonia
Moderate climate
About
Spain's most important red grape. Styles range from young unoaked Joven wines to heavily oaked Gran Reserva. Made as single varietal or blended.
Typical profile
Aromas
What the grape gives up young, and what it grows into with time in bottle.
Oak influence
Possible
Growing regions
How the grape expresses across places, grouped by country. Chips call out how a region's style deviates from the grape's default.
Portugal
Alentejo
Known as Aragonez. Warm-climate Tempranillo with ripe fruit and soft tannins.
Douro Valley
Known as Tinta Roriz. Blended in Port and still Douro reds. Adds structure and dark fruit.
Spain
Alicante
A minority red planting in Alicante, used in cooperative blends and a small share of estate work
Costers del Segre
A supporting red across the lower sub-zones, typically blended with Cabernet, Garnatxa or Syrah rather than bottled solo
Jumilla
A blending partner with Monastrell, adds freshness and structure to the warm-climate reds
Montsant
Known as Ull de Llebre, a supporting grape in some traditional blends
Navarra
The dominant red grape, producing Rioja-adjacent wines with more fruit-forward, approachable styles
Ribera del Duero
Tempranillo's bolder side. High-altitude vines on the Duero plateau give darker, more concentrated wines: blackberry, cassis, and French-oak spice over powerful tannin.
Rioja
Spain's noble grape, softened by oak ageing. Cherry and plum lifted by American oak's vanilla, coconut, and dill, mellowing into leather and cedar over time.
Toro
Known here as Tinta de Toro, a robust local biotype producing powerful, deeply coloured reds. Many vines are pre-phylloxera and ungrafted
Valencia
Widely planted for approachable, fruit-driven reds
Vinos de Madrid
The dominant red grape of the Arganda subzona, on limestone and clay east of Madrid; more fruit-forward and accessible than Ribera or Rioja styles