Wine region
Asturias
Asturias is a wine region in Spain, home to 2 wineries, producing red, white wines, known for Cangas.
On this page
Asturias's 2 wineries produce predominantly red wine; wines carry DO designation.
Wine profile
Asturias is predominantly a red-wine region (about 83% of its wines).
6 distinct Asturias wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- Red5 · 83%
- White1 · 17%
Types: Still.
Representative Asturias wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Bodegas Vidas — Cien Montanas Albarin Negro
- Bodegas Vidas — Cien Montanas Carrasquin
- Bodegas Vidas — Siete Vidas Albarin Blanco
- Bodegas Vidas — Siete Vidas Tinto
- Bodegas Vidas — Cien Montanas Verdejo Negro
- Dominio Urogallo — Cangas
Quality designations
Wines here carry DO status — a controlled quality designation.
- DODenominación de Origen — Spain's controlled-origin designation.
Spain wine designations
- DO
- Denominación de Origen is a Spanish traditional term for wine protected as a DOP that also satisfies additional national requirements.
- DOCa
- Denominación de Origen Calificada is a Spanish traditional DOP term requiring all Denominación de Origen conditions plus additional controls.
- IGP
- IGP denotes the EU protected geographical indication scheme for food and wine, linking a product’s quality, reputation or other characteristic to geographical origin.
- Vino de calidad de
- Vino de calidad de is a Spanish traditional term that may appear on eligible wine protected by a DOP.
- VP
- Vino de Pago is a Spanish traditional DOP term for wine from a named rural site with distinctive soil and microclimate characteristics.
- VT
- Vino de la Tierra is the Spanish traditional term used for wine protected by an IGP.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How to choose a good Asturias wine
Look for the DO designation — it signals a controlled-origin Asturias wine.
FAQs
- What do the designation terms on Asturias wines mean?
- DO: Denominación de Origen is a Spanish traditional term for wine protected as a DOP that also satisfies additional national requirements. Vino de calidad de: Vino de calidad de is a Spanish traditional term that may appear on eligible wine protected by a DOP. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Asturias?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Asturias wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Asturias?
- The current regional catalogue contains 6 linked wines from 2 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.