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| Official name | D.O.P. Terra Alta[1] |
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| Type | Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) |
| Year established | 1972 |
| Country | Spain |
| No. of vineyards | 6,066 hectares (14,989 acres) |
| No. of wineries | 62[2] |
| Wine produced | 55,586 hectolitres |
| Comments | Data for 2016 / 2017 |
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Terra Alta is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) (Denominació d'Origen Protegida in Catalan) for Catalan wines, located in the west of the province of Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain) and covers 12 inland municipalities. As the name indicates (Terra Alta = High Land) the area is in the mountains. It features in a number of Picasso’s paintings.
Traditionally, due to its geographical isolation, this area traditionally only made wine for local consumption and has only recently started to produce modern Mediterranean style wines.
Several cooperative wineries were designed and built in the 1920s by Cèsar Martinell, a student of Antoni Gaudí, and are notable for their modernist architectural style.
- ^ "Denominación de Origen Protegida "Terra Alta"". www.mapa.gob.es. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "DO Terra Alta - Denominación de origen Terra Alta". www.doterraalta.com. Retrieved 9 January 2020.