La Rioja

Located in northern Spain, La Rioja borders Castile-Léon, Navarra, Aragon and the Basque Country.

Red: Tempranillo (61%), Garnacha (18%), Mazuelo (3.5%) and Graciano(0.7%)
White: Viura(15%), Malvasia(0.25%) and Garnacha Blanca (0.09% of the cultivated area)

Continental climate, warm in summer and cool in winter. Lime and red-grey loam predominate as soils.

1,200 bodegas grow wine on 63,500 hectares, which is processed into 278 million liters of wine.

A few Rioja bodegas produce Spanish sparkling wine under the DO Cava.