Wine region | |
Official name | D.O. Rueda |
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Type | Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) |
Year established | 1980 |
Country | Spain |
Size of planted vineyards | 16,164.92 hectares (39,944 acres)[1] |
No. of wineries | 68[2] |
Wine produced | 678,889 hectolitres (14,933,500 imp gal; 17,934,400 US gal) |
Comments | Data for 2016 / 2017 |
Rueda is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) for wines located in the Community of Castile and León. It comprises 72 municipalities, of which 53 are in the province of Valladolid, 17 are in the north of the province of Segovia, and 2 are in the north of the province of Ávila.[3] It is one of Spain's leading wine regions, and is known primarily for its white wines based on the Verdejo grape.