R Red · 2 regions
Grenache in French, Garnacha in Spanish, and the grape most transformed by where its roots have to go — which is why the two regions here read so differently.
— What changes between them
In Rioja Alavesa it is the supporting partner to Tempranillo on calcareous clay, at moderate altitude and moderate yields. In Priorat it is often the whole wine, on Palaeozoic slate so poor that mechanisation is impossible and yields are tiny. An hour and a half apart by road; not remotely the same drink.
ES Spain
Hill towns, limestone soils and a compelling conversation between old and new.
Pair one historic town with one cellar area each day.
ES Spain
Black slate, severe gradients and a small, hard-won region that repays the effort of getting there.
Two villages a day at most; the roads make anything more a driving holiday.
Several of these sit close enough to combine — see the fourteen-day routes, or put any two side by side with compare.