39°22′N 1°42′W / 39.367°N 1.700°W
Wine region | |
Official name | D.O.P. Manchuela |
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Type | Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) |
Year established | 2004 |
Country | Spain |
Size of planted vineyards | 6,709 hectares (16,578 acres) |
No. of wineries | 37[1] |
Wine produced | 52,003 hectolitres |
Comments | Data for 2016 / 2017 |
Manchuela is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) for wines located in the historical Manchuela comarca, in the east of the provinces of Albacete and Cuenca (Castile-La Mancha, Spain) between the valleys of the Rivers Júcar and Cabriel. It was originally part of a much larger La Mancha DOP and became a separate DOP in 2004. It is surrounded on three sides by other DOPs: La Mancha to the west, Utiel-Requena to the east and Jumilla to the south.