As far as the Consejo is concerned, the new classification is intended to clearly show the origin of the wines on the label. It remains to be seen how all producers will deal with this new classification and under what "denomination" they will market their wine. In addition, a tasting committee will be established by Spanish and international experts. It is the land, the 12 villages, the 459 sites and the estates in DOQ Priorat that add the special individuality to the vineyards grown on them, by following the traceability process developed by Consell Regulador de la DOQ Priorat, which allows us to guarantee, from the origin, the provenance of the grapes used in winemaking. Significantly, he is also behind the most expensive wine in this region with his famous wine L'Ermita. Priorat benefits from being younger and much smaller (2,010 ha versus 65,000 ha) than Rioja, as this area of southern Catalonia was neglected and impoverished after phylloxera and in the 1960s and 1970s.Īs a member of the recently re-elected Regulatory Council board of directors, Álvaro Palacios is one of the driving forces behind the classification and a major influence as the largest producer in the Priorat wine region. It also goes well beyond Rioja's new village and single-vineyard wine categories. It reinforces the Burgundy-inspired model in Spain, as opposed to the traditional classification of Rioja based on maturation times in oak.
The new DOQ Priorat classification, called Els noms de la terra (The names of the land), is the most ambitious ever undertaken by a Spanish wine-producing region besides Bierzo in Castilla y León. Priorat achieved its qualified appellation status (DOQ) in 2000 (preceded by Rioja in 1991) and was the first region to introduce village wines in Spain in 2007. Priorat is one of only two wine regions in Spain to qualify as a DOCa, the highest level of qualification for a wine region under Spanish wine regulations, alongside Rioja DOCa.
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