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D.O. Penedés

Introduction | History | Geography | Climate | Viticulture | Viniculture | Wines | Wineries  

Penedès has long been associated with innovative vineyards and wineries. In the 1970s, it became the first area in Spain to use stainless steel equipment and cold-fermentation. Since then the Penedès producers have been making excellent modern wines blending native with French varieties.

They are helped by the variety of altitudes, landscapes and microclimates which allow many different grapes to grow well here. More recently there has been extensive research work on recovering native varieties, on the development of integrated and organic cultivation techniques, and on experiments with further new varieties and densities of planting. There is a wine museum in the area's main town, Vilafranca del Penedès.

Fact file

CRDO address:

Pol. Ind. Domenys II, Plaza Agora

09720 Vilafranca del Penedès

Barcelona

Spain

DO established

28 June 1960

Last updated

13 November 1992

Telephone

+34-93-890-4811

Fax

+34-93-890-4754

E-mail

dopenedes@dopenedes.es

Website

www.dopenedes.es

Vineyards:

Subzones

-

Area under vine

27,824ha

 

 

Altitude of vineyards

Sea level to 750 m

Soil types

Sandy rising to clay, up to 20% carbonates, deep

Principal grapes (w)

Macabeo, Xarel.lo, Parellada, Subirat-Parent, Chardonnay

Principal grapes (r)

Tempranillo, Cabernet-Sauvignon, Garnacha Tinta, Cariñena, Monastrell, Samsó, Merlot

Permitted grapes (w)

-

Permitted grapes (r)

-

Experimental grapes (w)

Chenin Blanc, Muscat d'Alexandria, Muscat de Frontignan, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Gewürztraminer

Experimental grapes (r)

Cabernet-Franc, Pinot Noir, Syrah

Organic viticulture

1,500 ha

Climate:

Max. summer temp.

33°C

Min. Winter temp.

-3.5°C

Average rainfall

525 mm

Average sunshine

2,350 hours/year

Production:

Maximum crop

Red: 9,324 kg/ha; white: 11,700 kg/ha

Yield

-

Equivalent hl/ha

Red: 69 hl/ha; white: 86.5 hl/ha

Production 2003

518,413

Production 2004

468,565

Production 2005

-

Wine types:

White

Min 9% max 13% abv

Pink

Min 10% max 13% abv

Red

Min 10% max 14% abv

Other

Aguja: min 10% max 13% abv; Sparkling: min 10.8% max 112.8% abv

Ageing in oak:

Crianza

6 months oak, 18 months bottle

Reserva

12 months oak, 24 months bottle

Gran Reserva

24 months oak, 36 months bottle

Wineries:

Number of Wineries

200

Total exports - 2005

115,039 hl

Total exports - 2006

-

Total exports - 2007

103,253 hl

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