39°24′20″N 3°12′20″W / 39.40556°N 3.20556°W
Wine region | |
Official name | D.O.P. La Mancha |
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Type | Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) |
Year established | 1932 |
Country | Spain |
Size of planted vineyards | 165,470 hectares (408,885 acres) |
No. of wineries | 247[1] |
Wine produced | 642,076 hectolitres |
Comments | Data for 2016 / 2017 |
La Mancha is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) for wines, with over 190,000 ha planted to vines, and is the largest continuous vine-growing area in the world. It is located in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha in central Spain and includes 182 municipalities: 12 in the province of Albacete, 58 in Ciudad Real, 66 in Cuenca and 46 in Toledo.