RequenaThe D.O. Utiel-Requena is in the interior of the province of Valencia, 70 km from the Mediterranean Sea and at an altitude of between 698 m to 900 m at its greatest elevation.
The soils and the climate - influenced by the continent - make Utiel-Requena wines something special, above all the reds and rosés made from the red Bobal variety which is almost unique in the world to this region. Its surface area of almost 40,000 hectares makes it the most extensive and homogeneous wine-growing area in the Valencian Community.
The region is comprised of nine municipalities: Caudete de las Fuentes, Camporrobles, Fuenterrobles, Requena, Siete Aguas, Sinarcas, Utiel, Venta del Moro and Villargordo del Cabriel.
Some seven thousand families and more than a hundred Bodegas make their living from wine production in the D.O. Utiel-Requena making it the principle force behind the region's economy.
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