Spain Harvest Report 2025
- Lynda
- Nov 25
- 3 min read
2025 harvest / production snapshot
The OIV’s first estimates put Spain’s 2025 wine production at 29.4 million hL, -6% vs 2024 and -15% vs the 5-year average, with drought/heat cited as a key constraint. OIV+1
Earlier in the season, Spanish cooperatives were talking about a harvest “around 38 million hL” (mid-2025 pre-harvest estimate). Plataforma Tierra+1(Note: these kinds of figures can differ from OIV because of timing + whether “must” is included; OIV notes its production volumes exclude musts/juices unless stated.) OIV
Spain bulk wine prices (official MAPA bulletin)
From MAPA Boletín Semanal de Precios del Vino, Week 45/2025 (3–9 Nov 2025), campaign 2025/26:
Campaign-to-date (2025/26, as of that week):
If you want, I can also pull the trend across multiple weeks in 2025 (e.g., Aug → Nov 2025) from the same MAPA bulletins and summarize direction/volatility.
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Got it — here’s a more detailed Spain 2025 harvest review + bulk wine price picture, with the key numbers and what’s driving them.
1) 2025 Spain harvest: how big, and why it matters
Two “sizes” get quoted, because some sources talk wine-only and others wine + must:
Wine-only (OIV first estimate, 2025): 29.4 million hL, -6% vs 2024 and ~15% below the 5-year average — one of Spain’s smallest harvests in decades. OIV
Wine + must (Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias, 2025/26 campaign): ~31.5 million hL, revised down from 34 mhl (Sept) and earlier July expectations. Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias
What drove the short crop (the story of the vintage)
Cooperatives attribute the cut mainly to:
Very high August temperatures + lack of rainfall, hitting dryland (secano) vines hardest,
leading to lighter bunches and therefore lower yields. Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias
Regional weight (who “sets” the Spanish market)
Even in a smaller year, Spain is still very concentrated:
Castilla–La Mancha: 18.5 million hL (wine + must), “more than half” of national production in the Cooperatives estimate. Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias
Extremadura: 2.65 million hL (second region in that estimate). Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias
Quality note (important for pricing spreads)
Despite lower volumes, Cooperatives say grape quality is good (even excellent in some DOs) with good ripening and sugar/acid balance, supporting higher-value winemaking. Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias
Stocks: the quiet driver behind price firmness
The campaign started with final wine stocks of 30.6 million hL, -1.42% vs 2024 and -13.18% vs the 5-year average — i.e., less buffer inventory. Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias
2) Spain bulk wine prices in 2025 (official MAPA weekly bulletin)
These are MAPA’s national average bulk price indicators (€/hL). Here’s how 2025/26 moved at key points:
Week 31/2025 (27 Jul–3 Aug 2025)
Week 39/2025 (22–28 Sep 2025)
Week 45/2025 (3–9 Nov 2025)
Week 46/2025 (10–16 Nov 2025)
What’s notable in that curve
White was more “spiky” (around ~50 €/hL early, dipped early Nov, bounced back mid-Nov). Mapa+1
Red strengthened into November, reaching the high-48 €/hL area. Mapa+1
MAPA also flags that these levels are well above the 5-campaign averages (e.g., week 46: white +31% vs 5-campaign average; red +18% vs 5-campaign average). Mapa
For context against the prior campaign (late spring 2025, still 2024/25 campaign):
Week 22/2025 (26 May–1 Jun 2025): White 47.78 €/hL, Red 45.74 €/hL. Mapa
3) Trade/demand backdrop (why “bulk” can behave differently)
Spain’s export machine matters a lot for bulk clearing:
In H1 2025, Spain exported 997.1 million litres worth €1.4447bn (both slightly down YoY overall), but OEMV notes bulk exports increased in both value and volume, and average prices increased (bulk and bottled both). OEMV
Spain Harvest 2025
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