Carinena

Carinena is a Spanish protected wine appellation in Aragon, useful for drinkers who want to move beyond the best-known Spanish regions. Its practical label identity is historic Aragon appellation whose name is also linked to the Carinena grape. Typical wines are robust reds with red and black fruit, spice, earth, and warm-climate body; value-oriented whites and rosados also appear. The vineyard context is dry continental Ebro Valley conditions with wind, limestone, clay, and stony soils. 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.