Bobal grape is a variety of red grape that is grown mainly in the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula, in Valencia, Cuenca and Albacete and especially under the O.D. Utiel-Requena, Valencia and Manchuelas. Although its presence is already known since the fourteenth century on the Mediterranean coast during this time it has been up to be stated in the above regions.

It is a highly resistant to weather and because the average size of the clusters, very productive inclement very productive strain.
The grains are round, medium and large amount of juice and therefore with high productivity.
For some time now, and from the OD of Requena-Utiel where it reaches more than 80% of the area planted, it is betting heavily on this variety, which has gone from being valued by the amount of anthocyanins, for the export of bulk cargo, or grass to mix wine with Airen, to become noble variety of the Denomination of Origin and differentiated, genuine and revolutionary product for the production of bottled premium wines, which breaks the Spanish varietal uniformity.
The plant gives wines bobal pretty aroma, intense dark cherry color with violet hues, intense aromas with herbaceous, fruity tones, spicy and relatively high acidity. It is a rough wine with lots of tannins.
It is being used especially for creating rosé wines and young red wines, with good acidity and fruity. But its great potential, is on guard wines because of its body and structure, but needs a good maturity and better medium or small clusters, for guard wines with fine tannins. Because of its unique and difficult character, since it does not always behave in the same way, the best wines are the fruit of a very precise level work next vintage and aging in oak barrels. A job that is already producing successful by oenologists and wineries of these areas.
Bobal variety is also known as Balau, blauro benicarlo, Boal, bobal noir, boobies, carignan d’Espagne, carignan d’Espagne to racquetball, carignan anglais, espagnol Korean, Folle Blanche du Minervois, Moravian pauper, Provechón, rageno, rajeno , requena, requenera, Requeno, terret d’Espagne, ink Madrid, tinto de Requena, red of Zurra, silly Zurra, Valencia, Valencia ink, Valencian red, Vinate, Vinate red and vinater.