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5.3 Varieties
Garnacha peluda
- Other names: lledoner pelut, grey garnacha.
- Area: Priorat, Falset and Ribera d'Ebre.
- Varietal features: vine, medium to small bunch, very compact. Ovoid grape with very firm skin.
- Environment: adapts to most soils but sensitive to spring frosts.
- Cultivation: weak stocks more suitable. Any type of pruning, long and short.
- Production: medium yield.
- Wine: high quality, pale, high alcoholic strength.