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The Denomination of Origin Catalunya It is located in the provinces of GERONA, Barcelona, Tarragona and Lleida, was established in 1999, with an surface of vineyard of about 50,000 hectares and about 225 wineries integrating it with more than 14,500 wine growers. Globally it has a Mediterranean climate, except inside where we will have the continental influence, we will find a wide variety of compositions of its soils due to the amount of land covered by this D.O, as in the remaining Catalan denominations already mentioned.
The preferential and authorized white varieties in this D.O. They are Chardonnay, Garnacha, Macabeu, Moscatel GM, Moscatel Ale, Parellada, Riesling, Sauvignon, Xarel-O, Gewurtraminer, Malvasía, Malvasía de Sitges, Pedro Ximenez and Picapoll.
The preferential and authorized inks varieties are Samsó (also known as Mazuela or Cariñena), CAB. Sauvignon, Garnacha Ink, Peluda Garnacha, Tempranillo, Cab. Franc, Merlot, Garnacha Tintorera, Monastrell, Pinot Noir, Trepat and Syrah.
The wines of this D.O. They have been created with the purpose of being able to give the production of the smallest Catalan denominations to be able to offer an alternative or possibility of bottling came in a name with grapes from another or making experimental coupages with the aim of finding new horizons in their Wines, as we can observe the offer of the varieties is very open and we can find a variety of monovarietal and alternative “cupages”, it is worth highlighting the presence of Miguel Torres in the area, Spanish wine guru.
The minimum percentages of alcoholic volume acquired in their wines are the following: white 10-15%, pink 10.5-15%, red 11.5-15%, needle 10-12.5%, liquor 15%