These are the best wines from the wineries of Malaga in 2025

Last week marked the eleventh edition of the Awards for the Best Wines with Denomination of Origin 'Málaga' and 'Sierra de Málaga', which included six recognitions, five awards, and one honorable mention that acknowledge six wines produced by wineries from the province of Málaga. These wines are now catapulted among the best of this year 2025. The awarded wineries were Nilva Enoturismo, Málaga Virgen, Dimobe, Huerto de la Condesa, and Bentomiz, five different winners for five awards.

The promotional brand of the Provincial Council, Sabor a Málaga, announced last Friday the winners of the eleventh edition of the Awards for the Best Wines with Denomination of Origin 'Málaga' and 'Sierra de Málaga'. The contest, which distributes 30,000 euros in prizes and showcases the wineries through various promotions, exhibitions, and gastronomic fairs of Sabor a Málaga, determined that this year the best wine of Málaga is produced in five different wineries, located in Manilva, Fuente de Piedra, Moclinejo, Ronda, and Sayalonga, clearly indicating the healthy state of wine production throughout the province.

A total of 71 types of wines were presented for the competition in this edition, spread across five categories, representing a total of 19 wineries from all over the province of Málaga. There were 21 of them corresponding to white wines with DOP Sierras de Málaga; four to sweet wines with DOP Málaga; 11 to red wines aged up to six months in oak barrels; 19 to wines aged more than six months and framed within the DOP Sierras de Málaga; and finally 16 fortified wines with DOP Málaga.

Each wine was tasted and rated by an expert jury, led by the director of Sabor a Málaga, Leonor García-Agua, as well as other industry professionals like Enrique Bellver López, Paz Ivisón Correa, Juan José Sánchez Vidal, and María Navarro Martín.

The Best Wines of Málaga

• Award for the best white wine with Denomination of Origin Sierras de Málaga 2025: ‘Nilva 2024’, from Nilva Enoturismo, S.L.
• Award for the best tranquil sweet wine with Denomination of Origin ‘Málaga’ 2025: ‘Tres Leones’, from Bodegas Málaga Virgen, S.A.
• Award for the best red wine with Denomination of Origin ‘Sierras de Málaga’ with an aging period in oak barrels of up to six months: ‘El Lagar de Cabrera 2023’, from Bodega Distribuidora Moclinense de Bebidas, S.L. – Bodega A. Muñoz Cabrera –Dimobe.
• Award for the best red wine with Denomination of Origin ‘Sierras de Málaga’ with an aging period in oak barrels of more than six months: ‘El Pinsapo 22’ from HC Bodega y Viñedos, S.L. – Huerto de la Condesa.
• Award for the best fortified wine with Denomination of Origin ‘Málaga’: 'Pajarate', from Bodega Distribuidora Moclinense de Bebidas, S.L. – Bodega A. Muñoz Cabrera –Dimobe.
• Honorable mention for tranquil sweet white wine with Denomination of Origin ‘Málaga’: ‘Ariyanas Terruño Pizarroso 2022', from Bodegas Bentomiz, S.L.