The plateau of Kastillien which agrees on the complete centre of the Iberian peninsula is the biggest high area of Europe with 500 km of length and breadth each. Giving the Duero river which has its source in Picos de Urbión at Soria is named for the region. The complete cultivable area is 115 kilometres long and reaches on its largest breadth of 35 kilometres. Leon extends -- on a length of over one hundred kilometres along the Duero river the Do area in the Northern Spanish region Kastilien (which then exceeds the Portuguese limit and Douro is called there). The different soil type are characteristic for the area which a variety of wine styles and qualities also yields. The vineyards contain 18,600 hectares Rebfläche in the main between 750 and 850 metres of lake height in the highland. The climate is marked for very hot temperatures to 40° degrees Celsius and at night a waste except for 15° degrees Celsius from tagssüber. Postiv have an effect on the nutrient photo of the vines and the acid content of the grapes very much these fluctuations or the nightly quiescent phase. The red kinds of Tinta Del País (variety of the Tempranillo), Garnacha Tinta (Grenache Noir), Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Malbec as well as the white Albillo are authorized. The excellent red wines take second place to the best Riojas around nothing. You turn from Tinta Del País (to this. In barrique development 75% produce) mostly.

Ribera Del Duero therefore is part of the smaller but finer cultivable areas of Spain. Hardly another area has so much provided furore due to its high qualities within the last 10 years, though. Although the cultivation rules let several types of vine for the cultivation on the above-mentioned Areas. But the main type of vine dominating everything is, the "Tinta Del País", the Rioja biologically identical with the Tempranillo the bepflanzten Rebflächen covers which more than 80%. The Spanish winegrowers owe almost all their valuable wines to this excellent kind. It connects the fruit and the robust strength of the Cabernet-Sauvignon with the rounded elegance of great Pinots. Types of vine red: Tinta Del País (Tempranillo), Cabernet-Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot, Garnacha Tinta, Albillo

Well-known producers are Alejandro Fernández, Alión (Vega Sicilia), Alto Sotillo, Balbás, Briego, Condado Haza, Dehesa Pingus Emilio Moro finca Villacreces Imperiales Ismael Arroyo Pago, Peñalba López, Santa Eulalia, Valdubón, Valtravieso, Vega Sicilia, Viña Mayor. West of Ribera Del Duero the Do Rueda and Toro lie.