Spain makes more wine than it can reasonably drink, in more styles than any single guide can carry. This almanac is our reading of it. 150 regions, ranked the way we'd visit them; the houses our critics keep returning to; and a short list of restaurants where we'd spend the evening.
Spain
Spain
150
16,297
5,852
The country, in numbers and adjectives.
The terroirs, by hand.
9 regions worth the trip first — chosen by the Femente desk for the houses we’d open with, the variety of styles within each, and the cooking that grew up around them.
Southern Italy
The reds here turn inky and mineral-driven, built on volcanic soils that pull earth and smoke into every vintage; the whites hold tension…
Castilla y León
Castilla y León makes wines of dark fruit and mineral grip, where Tempranillo ages into leather and earth rather than polish. The…
Catalunya
Catalonia builds wines around contrasts: lean, mineral reds from slate hillsides meet voluptuous sparkling wines from the same limestone…
Rioja
Rioja's red wines age in a way few Spanish regions dare—stretched across years in oak, softened into silk, their Tempranillo bones…
Castilla
Castilla's reds strip continental climate down to its essence: high-altitude vineyards yield wines of dark fruit intensity and mineral…
Campania
Campania's volcanic soils pull dark-skinned Aglianico toward earthy tannin and mineral grip, while ancient white varieties like Fiano and…
Vino de España
Spanish wine exists in constant negotiation between tradition and appetite—between the austere Tempranillos and Garnachas that shaped the…
Galicia
Galicia's Atlantic climate pulls taut wines from granite and schist: mineral whites that taste of sea spray and stone, reds built on…
Valencia
Valencia pulls hard between the old Levantine tradition of pale, frothy reds and a newer generation chasing structure in Bobal and…
The country’s house grammar.
The 8 styles Spain makes most of, ranked by bottle count on Femente. The bar beneath each cell shows that style’s share of spain’s production.
16,730
Spanish Red — the country’s most numerous bottle.
10,617
8,797
6,495
4,807
4,297
3,694
2,519
The houses that keep showing up.
9 Spain estates the prestige critics have agreed on — ordered by the count of 95+ scores across Vinous, Decanter, Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator.
Where to spend the evening.
12 rooms across Spain our editors keep coming back to — chosen for the cooking and the wine list, in that order.
Lasarte Restaurant
Creative · European — Barcelona
100
DiverXO
Creative · Spanish Style — Madrid
100
Noor Restaurant
Mediterranean · Modern — Córdoba
100
ABaC Restaurant
Creative · European — Barcelona
100
Atrio Toño Perez
Traditional · European — Cáceres
100
Aponiente. Ángel León
Seafood · Mediterranean — El Puerto de Santa María
100
Quique Dacosta
Spanish Style · Creative — Dénia
100
Cenador de Amós
Grill · Traditional · Spanish Style — Medio Cudeyo
100
Restaurante Arzak
Ethnic Fusion · European — San Sebastián
100
COCINA Hermanos Torres. Nuestro restaurante, nuestro sueño.
Spanish Style · Modern — Barcelona
100
Amelia by Paulo Airaudo
Grill · Spanish Style · Traditional — San Sebastián
97
Maralba Restaurante
Traditional · Spanish Style — Almansa
96
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