Spain’s wine regions in numbers and maps

In our guide to the wine regions of Spain, the Spanish wine regions are divided into the twelve traditional regions, and the first table shows the how much quality wine is produced for each region, in other words wines that can be sold under the DOP wine appellation. However, a little less than half of the wine produced in Spain is produced outside of the DOP appellations, under the appellations of IGP, Vino de Mesa (table wine), or non-geographically define wines (see here for the Spanish wine classifications). The following table and maps give an overview of the wines produced per the 17 Spanish Autonomous Communities based on the 2017/2108 reported wine stocks.

The maps

Spain’s varying wine appellations

The first map (below) shows the proportion of Spanish wine produced under the DOP, IGP, or non-DOP/IGP appellations per Autonomous Community. The regions that produce the highest proportion of DOP wine are La Rioja, Navarra, and the Canary Islands at over 93% or more each, while Cantabria and Extremadura produce the least proportion of DOP wine at 8% or less each. For the non-DOP/IGP wines – that is table wines and non-geographically defined wines – the Asturias and Cantabria produce the most at 81% or more, followed by Extremadura (72%) and Castilla-La Mancha (59%).

Spain’s DOP wines

The second map (below) shows the wines produced under the DOP appellation, in other words the higher quality wines. These quality wines account for 60% of the wine produced in Spain. The Autonomous Communities of La Rioja and Catalonia lead the way in DOP wine production, producing over 4.5 million hectolitres each. In third place comes Castilla – La Mancha producing over 3 million hectolitres. Together these three Autonomous Communities produced 54% of Spain’s DOP wine.

The third map (below) shows the proportion of red and white wine produced under the DOP appellation in the different Autonomous Communities. Overall, 59% of Spanish DOP wine is red, with the Basque Country, Navarra, La Rioja, Aragón, and Murcia all producing at least 92% red DOP wines. For the white wines, Andalucía dominates followed by Galicia, and Catalonia. Most of the white wines of Andalucía are in fact the region’s famed sherry, while the majority of the whites from Catalonia are the region’s famed Cava.

Spain’s IGP wines

The fourth map (below) shows the Spanish wine produced under the IGP appellation (Indicación Geográfica Protegida, also called Vino de la Tierra), that accounts for 9% of Spanish wine. For the IGP appellation, Castilla – La Mancha produces the majority by far, at over 2 million hectolitres, accounting for 61% of the IGP total. In second place is the Basque Country at around half a million hectolitres, and third is Extremadura producing around a third of a million hectolitres. Together, these three account for 86% of the IGP wine produced.

Spain’s remaining wines

The fifth map (below) shows the remaining wine produced outside of the DOP and IPG appellations, which accounts for 31% of Spain’s wine production. This category includes the Vino de Mesa (table wine) and other non-geographically defined wine. Here, Castilla – La Mancha again produces the vast majority at almost 8 million hectolitres, accounting for nearly two thirds of the non-DOP / IGP / geographically defined wines. Extremadura accounts for 10%, producing 1.2 million hectolitres, and Valencia accounts for 9%, producing almost 900,000 hectolitres.

Spain’s total wines

The sixth map (below) shows the total Spanish wine produced. Taken together, Spain produced just under 40 million hectolitres of wine, with the leading Autonomous Community being Castilla – La Mancha producing 13 million hectolitres, accounting for a third of Spanish wine. The second largest producer was Catalonia producing 5.5 million hectolitres, accounting for 14%, and the third largest was La Rioja producing almost 5 million hectolitres, accounting for 13%. Given its relatively small size, La Rioja is clearly the powerhouse of Spanish wine in terms of output as it is much smaller than Castilla-La Mancha yet produces. This demonstrated further in the final map.

The final map (below) shows the total Spanish wine production in hectolitres per square kilometre of the Autonomous Communities. This demonstrates that La Rioja is by far the greatest producer of wines for its size, at just under 1000 hectolitres per km2. In second place is the Basque Country at just over 300 hectolitres per km2. In third place is Catalonia at 173 hectolitres per km2, slightly ahead of Castilla-La Mancha in fourth at 164 hectolitres per km2. Cantabria and the Asturias produce the least per km2 at 2 hectolitres per km2 , followed closely by the Canary Islands at 4 hectolitres per km2.

The data on Spanish wine

Autonomous Community	Total wines			DOP wines			IGP wines			Non DOP and IGP wines			Wines without geographical category
	Red	White	Total	Red	White	Total	Red	White	Total	Red	White	Total	Red	White	Total
Andalucía	76,790	2,775,910	2,852,700	10,635	2,284,600	2,295,235	33,032	14,815	47,847	20,709	20,523	41,232	12,414	455,972	468,386
Aragón	1,300,644	15,2819	1,453,463	1,096,088	93,029	1,189,117	26,931	3,368	30,299	92,155	30,611	122,766	8,5470	25,811	111,281
Cantabria	6,270	3,692	9,962	124	19	143	282	1,476	1,758	70	66	136	5,794	2,131	7,925
Castilla y León	1,862,405	624,995	2,487,400	1,501,079	535,213	2,036,292	170,444	38,250	208,694	5,506	1205	6,711	185,376	50,327	235,703
Castilla-La Mancha	7,183,406	5,881,596	13,065,002	2,640,337	609,566	3,249,903	1,319,328	752,282	2,071,610	1,046,372	23,44,578	3,390,950	2,177,369	2,175,170	4,352,539
Cataluña	1,483,191	4,066,693	5,549,884	1,167,660	3,715,296	4,882,956	45,382	38,606	83,988	42,772	5,0983	93,755	227,377	261,808	489,185
Comunidad de Madrid	47,617	22,273	69,890	31,124	5,855	36,979	0	0	0	1,803	132	1,935	14,690	16,286	30,976
Comunidad Foral de Navarra	1,129,961	84,196	1,214,157	1,080,347	75,774	1,156,121	11,156	753	11,909	8,262	863	9,125	30,196	6,806	37,002
Comunidad Valenciana	1,631,488	603,308	2,234,796	1,011,288	355,483	1,366,771	10,924	3110	14,034	121,018	158,192	279,210	488,258	86,523	57,4781
Extremadura	705,834	982,358	1,688,192	85,259	55,551	140,810	153,435	175,324	328,759	138,817	94,445	233,262	328,323	657,038	985,361
Galicia	126,162	430,022	556,184	59,188	368,021	427,209	13	57	70	6,016	18,519	24,535	60,945	43,425	104,370
Islas Baleares	41,872	8,188	50,060	27,210	5,741	32,951	12,917	2,097	15,014	841	44	885	904	306	1,210
Islas Canarias	14,918	13,531	28,449	14,019	12,482	26,501	40	0	40	0	0	0	859	1,049	1,908
La Rioja	4,712,190	217,772	4,929,962	4,478,989	180,900	4,659,889	44,078	9816	53,894	12,016	3,631	15,647	177,107	23,425	200,532
País Vasco	2,271,319	104,067	2,375,386	1,731,520	66,253	1,797,773	492,728	27,270	519,998	11,901	1,606	1,3507	35,170	8,938	44,108
Principado de Asturias	14,541	6,009	20,550	1,621	862	2,483	337	55	392	2,498	432	2,930	10,085	4,660	14,745
Región de Murcia	804,614	90,518	895,132	543,440	24,378	567,818	10,774	636	11,410	86,285	1,2249	98,534	164,115	53,255	217,370
Total	23,413,222	16,067,947	39,481,169	15,479,928	8,389,023	23,868,951	2,331,801	1,067,915	3,399,716	1,597,041	2,738,079	4,335,120	4,004,452	3,872,930	7,877,382

Wine stocks in Spain 2017/2018, per Autonomous Community, for wines produced within and without the DOP, and IGP appellations.

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To learn more about the wines of Spain, take a look at Guide to the wine grape varieties in Spain, or book a private tour of one our wine tours that cover the three most important wine regions in Catalonia – the Priorat, the Cava (Spanish Champagne) of the Penedès, and Empordà.

References

Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación. 2019. https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/ministerio/default.aspx