The most planted grapes in Spain
Spain is the country with the largest area under vines with 975,000 hectares and represents 11% of the total vineyards in the world. It is interesting that the most planted grape of Spain was a white grape in a world where the trend is clearly defined to the red grapes and even more in a country which is more famous for its red wines than its white wines. However, Spain is not just a good wine producer, its a spirits good producer as well and that is what explains this opposite trend and Airen is a white grape very popular in the brandy industry. The next most planted grape is Tempranillo, the flag grape of Spain.
These are the numbers of the 5 most planted grapes in Spain:
In hectares, (% of the total surface)
1.- Airén 214,500 (22%)
2.- Tempranillo 204,750 (21%)
3.- Bobal 58,500 (6%)
4.- Grenache 57,900 (6%)
5.- Viura 48,750 (5%)
Others 40% including table grapes and vitis vinifera.
Source: OIV
