Located in Albacete, southern highlands Ciudad Real, Cuenca and Toledo province, is the largest wine region in Spain and around the world.
La Mancha was producing in 1976 officially became a DO-producing areas, but it is actually one of the oldest wine regions in Spain. According to the relevant records, the growing areas early in the 12th century has been in the cultivation of grapes, the Romans introduced the first vines. Wine production began in the 1940s, when the local winegrowers established a number of wine cooperatives. Viticulture is the economic mainstay of the production area multiple autonomous municipal area.