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 monastery Priorato de Scala Dei (priory of the divine leaders). Legend has it that a shepherd boy saw angels descending on a "ladder" in the middle of the 12th century. Then founded Carthusian monks in 1163 the monastery named after this incident. The wine is made by the Franciscan monk Francisc Eiximenis (1340-1409) in his work "Lo Crestia" mentioned. He describes the "decent drinking of wine" and advises mixing the strong wine from the Priorat with water. Already in the Middle Ages, the Priorato was...

DO area in the northeastern region of Spain Aragon, which is named after the city of the same name. It is one of the oldest wine-growing regions of Spain, which in 1960 was the first to receive the then newly introduced DO classification. The vineyards cover about 17,000 hectares of vineyards 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 Ebro valley to the mountains of Sistema Ibérico at 400 to 800 meters above sea level. In 2010, the vineyard became Pago Aylés when Vino de Pago classified.

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The red grape variety comes from France. There are over 80 Synonyms that testify the old age and the 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 seemingly suggestive synonyms or morphological She may not...