Castilla-La Mancha

**Castilla-La Mancha** — A sprawling, sun-baked plateau in central Spain south of Madrid, home to the largest concentration of vineyards on earth. Its heartland is the La Mancha appellation, alongside zones such as Valdepeñas. **Wines & grapes** — The white Airén, planted here in huge quantity, and the red Tempranillo (locally called Cencibel) are the mainstays, joined by Garnacha, Cabernet Sauvignon and others. **Character** — A harsh continental climate of blazing summers and cold winters over high, arid ground. Long the source of inexpensive bulk wine, the region increasingly turns out serious, value-driven reds. **Good to know** — Several single-estate Vino de Pago wines here carry Spain's highest quality designation.

Wines

• 1564 — Olcaviana
• Ash Tree Estate Merlot - Tempranillo — Freixenet
• Bobal Vinos de Parcela — García Pérez
• Cabernet Sauvignon — Flaco
• Codice — Bodegas Mustiguillo
• Codice — Codice
• Dos Puntos — Bodegas Morgante
• La Malpagada Blanco — Casa Rojo
• La Meseta Tempranillo — Almez
• Lagasca Viognier — Dominio de Punctum
• Los Conejos Malditos Blanco Con Madre — Bodegas Más que Vinos
• Los Conejos Malditos Rosado — Bodegas Más que Vinos
• Mil Historias Garnacha — Altolandon
• Mucho Más — Félix Solís
• Nanit Orange Wine — Hammeken Cellars
• Son de Luna — Marisol Rubio
• Tempranillo — Montgó
• Tempranillo — The Freaky Wines
• Tempranillo Reserva — Tierra Imperial
• Ulterior Naranja — Verum