You can’t imagine Lleida without wine.

The wineries that form part of this route make their wines under the Costers del Segre Designation of Origin (D.O.).

Costers del Segre is an unusual Designation of Origin because it is divided into 7 sub-areas that include the vast majority of the vineyards of the province of Lleida. The number of bottling wineries is small (30), but its area is large. This is large but sparsely populated area that runs from south to north: from the last of the Montsant mountains, with vineyards at a height of 750 metres, to the Pyrenees, with vineyards at over 1,000 metres, and running from the hills of Cervera to the west of the province. Calcareous flat lands, hills and mountains shaped by a climate between Mediterranean and Continental, with sharp contrasts of temperature between day and night, very cold winters and hot summers.

Costers del Segre is multicultural and multi-conceptual, mostly due to the size and sparse population of its territory and the diversity of its landscapes and microclimates. Its great reserves of adaptation are due to the multiple varieties planted over the past 40 years, giving it greater potential for enriching its bottled wines.

The innovative philosophy and open mind of the D.O. is reflected in the great work done in its vineyards, the diversity it its wines, its magnificent and striking labels, its research and knowhow in planning for the future, and its successful exports, already internationally acclaimed for the quality and dynamism of its products.

With all these virtues, these wines can easily cover the spectrum of needs of any wine list, showcasing the singularity of each of its territories.

Reds: Elegant, profound, fruity, with balanced tannin and good robe. Dominated by Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grapes, with a significant increase in recent years of Syrah and Grenache.

Great diversity in bottles, both single variety and multi-variety combinations, mainly aged in the barrel.

These wines great expressiveness comes from their many nuances. They are generous in aromas, also fruity, mineral, balanced, pleasant and persistent in the mouth, though certainly not lacking potency.

Whites: Complex, generous, expressive and persistent. Of note for the great work done with varieties like Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanco, Albariño and Riesling, achieving fruity and satiny wines. Varieties that in recent years have accompanied the defence and resurrection of Macabeo as a grape with sterling value, contributing body, structure, balance and cream to many combinations within the DO.

Other interesting work is being done in the barrel with many of its varieties, creating a range of wines of great chromatic richness, serious, full-bodied, complex and structured, and with body, which improve with time in the bottle.