DOCa · Red

Where is Priorat wine from?

Priorat is a red wine from Gratallops, in Catalonia, Spain. It is a DOCa wine made mainly from Garnacha and Cariñena.

Priorat wine label — Photo: Magnus Reuterdahl, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

Priorat at a glance

Classification	DOCa
Appellation	Priorat
Style	Red wine
Grapes	Garnacha, Cariñena
Village or town	Gratallops
Region	Catalonia
Country	Spain
Vineyard area	2,010 ha
Coordinates	41.1931, 0.7764

Priorat

Gratallops, Catalonia, Spain

DOCa

Black slate soils called llicorella

Appellation: Priorat
Grapes: Garnacha, Cariñena
Vineyard: 2,010 ha

Carthusian monks of Scala Dei tended Priorat's vineyards for centuries until 1835. A small group of winemakers led by René Barbier and Álvaro Palacios revived the region from 1989, sharing a winery in Gratallops for their first vintages. Catalonia made it a DOQ in 2000 and Spain confirmed it as a DOCa in 2009, the second after Rioja.

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