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Montsant

Montsant is an appellation in Spain across 17 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type

DOP

Category

Liqueur Wine/Wine

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

62,654 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

47.54 × 32.82 km

Centre

41.1506° N, 0.6792° E

Grapes

Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Garnacha Blanca, Garnacha Peluda, Garnacha Roja, Garnacha Tinta, Macabeo, Mazuela, Merlot, Monastrell, Moscatel De Grano Menudo, Parellada, Picapoll Blanco, Picapoll Negro, Syrah, Tempranillo, Xarello

Other grapes

Carignane

Max yield

88.8 hl/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

8.4 km north-east of Móra d'Ebre

Nearest city

36 km west of Reus 103,477 people

To the sea

27 km

Rivers nearby

Ebro (2.6 km)

Same latitude

Tavush (Armenia), Huanren icewine (China), North Fork of Long Island (United States), Bolnisi (Georgia)

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

Terrain

Elevation

16–1,139 m

Mean elevation

380 m

Measured over the whole outline on 48,094 elevation cells of about 115 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)64%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks19%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)17%

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

Communes · 17

• Bisbal De Falset, La
• Cabacés
• Capçanes
• Cornudella De Montsant
• Falset
• Figuera, La
• Garcia
• Guiamets, Els
• Margalef
• Marçà
• Masroig, El
• Molar, El
• Móra La Nova
• Pradell De La Teixeta
• Tivissa
• Torre De Fontaubella, La
• Ulldemolins

Wineries · 2

• Familia nin-ortiz
• Mas Martinet Vinicultors

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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