The province of Zamora is located in the west of the region of Castilla y León. The wine production area governed by the Toro D.O. is situated to the southeast of the province of Zamora, and includes part of the natural regions of Tierra del Vino, the Guareña Valley and Tierra de Toro and next to the plateaus of Tierra del Pan and Tierra de Campos. The surface area of the land governed by the Toro D.O. totals 62,000 hectares, and 8,000 of this is dedicated to the vineyard. In turn, 5,500 hectares of this smaller area are registered in the Control Board, belonging to 1,200 registered wine growers.

The queen grape of this Designation of Origin is the Tinta de Toro, a variety of red viniferous grape, a type of Tempranillo. It is also known as the Tempranillo of Castilla. Its adaptation to the soil and climate of its region has made that this type of grape has its own personality and a clear differentiation from the Tintas Finas and Tempranillos of the rest of Spain.

It is a grape that provides great color to the wine, with an excellent bouquet. Fruity and vanilla aroma.

Red Grapes
Authorised: Tinto de Toro (Tempranillo), Garnacha

White grapes
Authorised: Verdejo, Malvasía

The area of this Designation is characterized by an extreme dry continental climate influenced by the Atlantic.

All these climatic conditions, extreme cold in winter, many hours of sunshine, etc. give the grapes exceptional quality, which is essential for producing good wines.

The soil is made up of sand sediment, clay and calcareous conglomerates from the Pliocene, which cause brown limestone topsoils on loose material. The materials alternate from loamy materials to large and fine grain sand, with limestone and detrytic marl formed during the Miocene.

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