Alicante

Alicante is a Spanish protected wine appellation in Valencian Community, useful for drinkers who want to move beyond the best-known Spanish regions. Its practical label identity is southeastern coastal and inland DO for Monastrell reds and Moscatel-based sweet wines. Typical wines are ripe reds with dark fruit, herbs, and spice; aromatic sweet or dry whites from Moscatel. The vineyard context is Mediterranean coast and inland hills with limestone, dry heat, and sea influence in some zones. This entry is written as a geographic reference for EncyclopediaOfWine: it explains place, grapes, style, and label-reading context without ranking producers or turning the appellation into a buying list.