Catalonia (Catalunya in Catalan and Cataluña in Spanish) is an autonomous community in the Northeast of Spain. It extends from the historic county (comarca) of Montsia in the South to the border with France in the north. The Mediterranean Sea forms its eastern border and offers 580 km of coastline. The Catalunya D.
O. C. was the first regional D. O.
C. in Spain. Created in 1999, it covers all the scattered vineyards that were not covered by one of the other 11 DOs in the region. The capital of Catalonia is the bustling Barcelona, Spain's second largest city and one of the largest ports on the Mediterranean.
red wines from the region of Catalogne go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with pickle sauce, shoulder of lamb with a spoon or roast wild boar with beer.
On the nose in the region of Catalogne often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, tobacco or vanilla. In the mouth in the region of Catalogne is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
