Editing Tempranillo (section)

=== Spain ===
Spain grows 87% of the world's Tempranillo, and it is Spain's most planted red grape variety with {{convert|201,051|ha|acre}} grown in 2015, accounting for 42% of the red grape plantings, surpassed only by the white grape variety [[Airén]]. Tempranillo is native to northern Spain and widely cultivated as far south as [[Andalusia]]. The two major regions that grow Tempranillo are Rioja, in north central Spain, and Ribera del Duero, which lies a little farther to the south. Substantial quantities are also grown in the [[Penedès (DO)|Penedès]], [[Navarra (DO)|Navarra]] and [[Valdepeñas (DO)|Valdepeñas]] regions.<ref name=JancTempra>{{cite book | editor-last=Robinson | editor-first=Jancis | title=The Oxford Companion to Wine | edition=third | pages=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/691 691–2] | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2006 | isbn=978-0-19-860990-2 | url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/691 }}</ref>

Tempranillo is known under a number of local synonyms in different regions of Spain: "Cencibel" and "Tinto Fino" are used in several regions, and it is known as "Tinta del País" in [[Ribera del Duero]] and the surrounding area, "Tinta de Toro" in [[Toro (DO)|Toro]], and "Ull de llebre" in [[Catalan Wine|Catalonia]].