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What’s that vineyard?
Can you name the famous vineyard in this picture?
Leave a comment below with your guess and the answer will be revealed soon.
Is it Quinta de Vargellas?
@Adam
Not Quinta de Vargellas I’m afraid, not the Douro at all. Where else has terraced vineyards?
Is it in Priorat?
@Bill
Not Priorat either but Mediterranean and its influence is the right idea.
Looks remarkably like parts of Côte Rôtie or Hermitage to me, but that’s not quite a Mediterranean region, is it?
Looks like Banyuls/Collioure a bit, but those are not exactly world-famous vineyards. I would go for northern Rhone, possibly Hermitage.
Well, if I’m indeed in the right region, I’ll stick my neck out for Côte Rôtie … part of the give away for N. Rhône is the single-staked [Syrah] vines, even though you see that in steeper vineyards of Germany too, they are even less Mediterranean!
Only place I’ve seen this kind of terracing is Southern Rhone – Chapoutier? Oops, still think Southern Rhone, but have seen this terrace in Bellet in the hills above Nice too.
Is it the hill of Hermitage take from just below the chapel?
@Wink
Ah, but the vines in the Mosel are usually pruned differently…
Portofino / Cinque terre?
Looks like everyone has settled on France and the Rhone. However, though its not famous, it looks a bit like Txacoli in the Basque country, but that’s an Atlantic influence not Mediterranean. Someone said Priorat, I can see the reason why.
In Txacoli they train their vines into canopies though.
Well Rupert, you have me there. However, when I visited some years ago, there were many new and young (Hondarrabi) vines, not yet in canopies, and on very steep trellised slopes. But I accept with good grace this doesn’t change the fact this is still not Chacoli in the picture!
Well I can’t say that I have explored Txacoli in any great detail, I’m sure they are experimenting with new pruning and I see your point about the slopes…
Answer by the end of the day.
BTW, I meant terraced slopes not trellised! Thank you for not pointing out my error. Look forward to the answer.
Somewhere on the island of Madeira? High altitude, terraced vineyards, probably Sercial grapes?
Is it somewhere like St Chinian or in the Rousillon?