The 160km drive from Barcelona to the French border via Girona takes little more than 90 minutes. Driving up the efficient and clinical motorway, you’d never know you were passing through one of the most rugged, individual and below-the-radar wine regions in Spain: Empordà.
Empordà’s history, kinship, language and terroir are shared with Roussillon in southern France as much as they are with Spain. The cold Tramontana wind blows from France south across the border into Empordà – so strongly at times that anyone behaving strangely is said to be ‘tocat per la Tramontana’ (‘touched by the Tramontana’).
Scroll down to see notes and scores for 18 exciting wines from Empordà
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See notes and scores for 18 exciting wines from Empordà to seek out
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{"wineId":"83669","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"83670","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"83671","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"83672","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"83673","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"83674","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"83675","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"83676","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"83677","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"83678","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"83679","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"83680","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"83681","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"83682","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"83683","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"83684","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"83685","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
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