Spain · DOP

Priorat

DOCaAppellation

Priorat is a DOCa appellation in Spain across 11 communes. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

Catalan mountain region on llicorella, a dark slate, mostly Garnacha and Cariñena. One of only two Spanish appellations with Calificada status, alongside Rioja. Labels can name villages (vi de vila) and single sites (paratge).

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Key facts

Official name: Priorat / Priorato
Type: DOP
Category: Liqueur Wine/Wine/Wine Of Overripe Grapes
Protected since: 1986-06-13
Area: 20,384 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 19.67 × 22.15 km
Centre: 41.2266° N, 0.8021° E
Grapes: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chenin Blanc, Garnacha Blanca, Garnacha Peluda, Garnacha Tinta, Macabeo, Mazuela, Merlot, Moscatel De Alejandria, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Pedro Ximénez, Picapoll Blanco, Picapoll Negro, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Tempranillo, Viognier, Xarello
Min planting density: 3,000 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 20 km north-west of Mont-roig del Camp
Nearest city: 27 km north-west of Reus 103,477 people
To the sea: 27 km
Same latitude: Tavush (Armenia), Huanren icewine (China), Bolnisi (Georgia), Martha's Vineyard (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation: 57–1,146 m
Mean elevation: 459 m

Measured over the whole outline on 62,206 elevation cells of about 58 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Mixed sedimentary rocks65%
Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)32%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 11

Bellmunt Del Priorat
Falset
Gratallops
Lloar, El
Molar, El
Morera De Montsant, La
Poboleda
Porrera
Torroja Del Priorat
Vilella Alta, La
Vilella Baixa, La

Wineries · 11

Cellar Mas Doix
Celler Cecilio
Celler Pasanau
Celler Álvaro Palacios
Cesca Vicent
Clos Mogador
Clos de l'Obac
Clos i terrasses
Familia nin-ortiz
Mas Martinet Vinicultors
Mas Sinen

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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