Costers del Segre

Castell d'Encus's Acusp planting at 1,000 m in Pallars Jussà is the reference; a few estates in Les Garrigues have followed

Planted heavily at Raimat for both still wine and sparkling base, ripening with restraint thanks to wide diurnal swings

Cool-climate Syrah from Castell d'Encus's Thalarn and Torres's Purgatori sits between Northern Rhône lift and Mediterranean spice

Garnacha in Costers del Segre

Old-vine Garnatxa in Les Garrigues gives the spiced, red-fruited reds that anchor the DO's value tier; resembles a quieter, less mineral cousin of Priorat from the same calcareous belt

The flagship variety of Raimat since the Raventós family planted French varieties in the 1970s. Used alone and as the spine of estate Bordeaux blends across the central sub-zones

Castell d'Encus grows it at 1,000 metres in Pallars Jussà, where late-ripening conditions yield a taut, citrus and stone-fruit style closer to Alsace than to Spain

A small recent planting at altitude in Pallars Jussà gives a genuinely Atlantic-feeling Albariño, unusual this far inland in Spain

Grown across all seven sub-zones, lemony and saline at altitude; the workhorse base for both still whites and traditional-method sparklers

The lightest of the classic Cava trio, planted at higher altitude in the central sub-zones for lifted, citrus-driven sparkling base wine

Cencibel in Costers del Segre

A supporting red across the lower sub-zones, typically blended with Cabernet, Garnatxa or Syrah rather than bottled solo

A minor but established white, especially around Raimat, where it goes into traditional-method sparkling alongside Macabeu and Parellada