This area has been classified as a D.O. (Denonominación de Origen, the Spanish equivolent of Appellation Contrôlée) since 1990. Temeratures can be extreme in both winter and summer. Because of its young age the area is yet to really take the wine world by storm so prices are very much on the value side.
Consisting of about 8000 hectares, the vast majority (about 70%) is planted with Garnacha (or Grenache), with Tempranillo and Macabeo the remaining red varieties plus a little of the white Bobal also present.