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Spain's most important indigenous red grape is the Tempranillo. It is grown all over the country and is the backbone to the red wines of Rioja.
Tempranillo has a scent of light red fruit and is well suited to producing a full-bodied, but gently textured, style of oak-aged wine. In the past it was hardly ever noticeably tannic, but in an attempt to compete against the Cabernets and Merlots, modern producers have beefed it up a little by emphazising the tannin.
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