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Raimat is an estate near
Lleida and it is here that
Viña 27 Chardonnay, one
of its most recognized
products, is made.

Freixenet winery in Sant Sadurni, renowned
for cava
Jaca
Capmany
N240
N260
N260 Peralada
La Seu
de Urgell N260 Figueres
Somontano Huesca
Barbastro Girona
CATALONIA Vic
Borja A23 Monzón N240
Manresa AP7
AP68
A2
Zaragoza Sant Sadurní A54
A2 ARAGÓN Lleida Barberà de d'Anoia Alella
AP2 la Conca Barcelona
N234
N232
Calatayud A23 Montblanc Vilafranca del Penedès
Cariñena Ebro Valls Sitges
Gandesa Tarragona
Alcañiz Key
Calamocha
N211 Campo de Borja,
Calatayud and Cariñena
Montalbán Tortosa Somontano
N420 AP7 Empordà-Costa Brava
N232
N234
Alella
Benicarló
Teruel Penedès
Torres, an inno vator, Conca de Barberà
N330 A23 planted international Costers del Segre
Guadalavar Benicàssim grape varieties such as Tarragona and Terra Alta
Cabernet Sauvignon.
Castellón de
la Plana Priorat
Chelva Valencia
Sagunto Utiel-Requena
Lliria produces rosés as Utiel-Requena
Utiel Alicante, Yecla and Jumilla
Chiva Valencia well as hearty reds,
Requena A3 such as this one
from the Bobal
PAÍS grape variety.
VALENCIANO
Jumilla’s hilly vineyards
A7 AP7
Gandia are planted with the black
Monastrell grape, which can
Ontinyent Xábia produce highly concentrated,
Jalón and sometimes sweet, reds.
Yecla A31 AP7
Villena
Jumilla Benidorm
Elda
A30 Alicante Wine Regions
A7 Elche
Penedès, Catalonia’s premier wine region, produces a range of wines
Murcia as well as cava, from delicate whites to beefy reds. Catalonia’s smaller
Torreviaja wine regions include Alella and Priorat. Two up-and-coming regions,
MURCIA situated inland, are Costers del Segre and Conca de Barberà. Aragón’s
leading wine region is Somantano, northeast of Zaragoza. Further
AP7 south lie the exten sive, bulk-producing vineyards of Valencia,
Cartagena
Utiel-Requena, Alicante, and, in Murcia, Jumilla and Yecla.
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