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Catalunya DO

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Catalunya DO Temperature, Rainfall and Sunshine

The DO Catalunya was created in 1999 covering all the traditional grape planting areas, putting on top of the existing catalan DO's and offering the DO's certification for wineries located in excluded DO areas with high quality wines.

The DO Catalunya allows the wine's production with greater regulatory flexibility, affording cupages between varieties from different regions, with the aim to provide a commercial product with a symbol of identity, respecting its origin's philosophy and the qualitative procedures generally admitted.
 

Regulatory Council

Consejo Regulador DO Catalunya
Passeig Sunyer, 4-6 1er
4302 Reus
Tarragona
Tel.: +34 977 328 103
info@do-catalunya.com
www.do-catalunya.com

Sources

Spanish Ministry of Agriculture

Regulatory Council, Catalunya PDO

 

The DO Catalunya allows the wine's production with greater regulatory flexibility.

Catalunya DO Consejo Regulador De La Denominacion De Origen
Catalunya DO Vineyards and Production
Vineyards
Area under vine

43,655.08 ha.

Altitude of vineyards

450 m.

Soil types

Sedimentary stores with predominance of calcareous materials and low contents of organic matte.

Principal grapes (w)

Albariño, Chardonnay, Chenin, Garnatxa Blanca, Gewürztraminer, Macabeu, Malvasia, Malvasia de Sitges, Moscatel (d’Alexandria and de Frontignan), Parellada, Pedro Ximénez, Picapoll Blanc, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Sumoll Blanc, Xarel·lo, Viognier and Vinyater.

Principal grapes (r)

Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnatxa Negra, Garnatxa Peluda, Garnatxa Roja (Garnatxa Gris), Garnatxa Tintorera, Merlot, Monastrell, Petit Verdot, Picapoll Negre, Pinot Noir, Samsó (Cariñena), Sumoll, Syrah, Trepat and Ull de Llebre (Tempranillo).

Production
Maximum crop

10,000 Kg/ha reds; 12,000 kg/ha whites

Yield

70 %

Production 2013

490,127.50 hl

Production 2014

567,003.77 hl

Production 2015

557,904.31 hl