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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 registered outline
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

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

Communes · 11

Wineries · 11

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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