Wine region
Priorat
Priorat is a wine region in Spain, home to 96 wineries, known for Cabernet Sauvignon, Carinena, Garnacha.
Priorat at a glance: known for Cabernet Sauvignon, Carinena, Garnacha.
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Characteristic grapes
Priorat is best known for Cabernet Sauvignon, Carinena, Garnacha.
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Carinena
- Garnacha
- Grenache
- Syrah
Wine styles from Priorat
Wine profile
292 distinct Priorat wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
Representative Priorat wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Abanico — Priorat
- Acustic Celler — Priorat
- Acustic Celler — Priorat
- Acustic Celler — Priorat
- Acustic Celler — Priorat
- Agnes Cervera — Priorat
- Agnes Cervera — Priorat
- Agnes Cervera — Priorat
Spain wine designations
- DO
- Denominación de Origen is a Spanish traditional term for wine protected as a DOP that also satisfies additional national requirements.
- DOCa
- Denominación de Origen Calificada is a Spanish traditional DOP term requiring all Denominación de Origen conditions plus additional controls.
- IGP
- IGP denotes the EU protected geographical indication scheme for food and wine, linking a product’s quality, reputation or other characteristic to geographical origin.
- Vino de calidad de
- Vino de calidad de is a Spanish traditional term that may appear on eligible wine protected by a DOP.
- VP
- Vino de Pago is a Spanish traditional DOP term for wine from a named rural site with distinctive soil and microclimate characteristics.
- VT
- Vino de la Tierra is the Spanish traditional term used for wine protected by an IGP.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
FAQs
- Where is Priorat?
- Priorat is a Denominació d'Origen Qualificada (DOQ) for Catalan wines produced in the Priorat county , in the province of Tarragona , in the southwest of Catalonia .
- Which grapes are associated with Priorat?
- Priorat is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Cabernet Sauvignon, Carinena, Garnacha, Grenache, Syrah. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
- What do the designation terms on Priorat wines mean?
- DO: Denominación de Origen is a Spanish traditional term for wine protected as a DOP that also satisfies additional national requirements. DOCa: Denominación de Origen Calificada is a Spanish traditional DOP term requiring all Denominación de Origen conditions plus additional controls. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Priorat?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Priorat wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Priorat?
- The current regional catalogue contains 292 linked wines from 96 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.