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Toro | Spain
Located in the western extreme of the Duero
Valley, not far from Rueda, TORO is one of the oldest viticultural
regions in Spain. The severe climate and poor rocky soils of the
area produce rich, vigorous wines from the dominant red variety,
Tinto de Toro, a clonal variant of Tempranillo. "Even though it is
one of Spain''s oldest DOs," says Francois Lurton, "Toro hasn''t
benefited from the marketing it deserves and has been overshadowed
by its high profile neighbor, Ribera del Duero. With the upturn in
Spanish wines at the beginning of the 1990s and the subsequent
shortage of grapes and wines, more and more producers turned to
Toro."
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