2015 D.O.Q Priorat "Cruor", Cataluña (Catalunya), Spain

The DOCa area (Catalan priory) in the middle of the province Tarragona in the Spanish region Catalonia is named after the Priorato de Scala Dei monastery (priory of the leaders). According to legend, a shepherd boy saw angels descending on a “ladder to heaven” in the mid-12th century. Thereupon founded Carthusian monks in 1163 the monastery named after this event. The wine is made by the Franciscan monk Francisc Eiximenis (1340-1409) mentioned in his work "Lo Crestia". He describes the "decent wine drinking" and advises to mix the strong wine from the priory with water. The Priorato was one of the most important...

DO area in the northeastern Spanish region Aragon, which is named after the city of the same name. It is one of the oldest wine-growing areas in Spain, which in 1960 was the very first area to receive the DO classification that was introduced at the time. The vineyards cover around 17,000 hectares of vines in the 14 municipalities of Aguarón, Aladrén, Alfamén, Almonacid de la Sierra, Alpartier, Cariñena, Cosuenda, Encinacorba, Longares, Mezalocha, Muel, Paniza, Tosos and Villanueva de Huerva in the Ebrotal up to the mountains of the Sistema Ibérico at 400 to 800 meters above sea level. In 2010 the vineyard Pago Aylés as Vino de Pago...

The red grape variety comes from France. There are over 80 Synonyms that testify to old age and worldwide distribution. The most important from a historical perspective, or still used today, are Hermitage, Shiraz ( Australia ), Candive, Marsanne Noir, Petite Sirrah, Petite Syrah, Scyras, Sérène, Serine, Sira, Sirac, Sirah, Syra, Syrac ( France ); Balsamina, Neiretta Cunese, Neiretta del Monregalese, Neiretta del Rosso, Neiretta di Pinerolo, Neiretta di Saluzzo ( Italy ); Shiraz ( South Africa ); Zizak ( Montenegro ). Despite apparently suggestive synonyms or morphological It must not be...