This episode focuses on Navarra, Aragón and Catalunya with a deliberate exam lens. Rather than cataloguing regions or grape varieties, it traces how climate gradients, altitude, regulatory choices and historical investment decisions translate into wine style, quality range and price positioning. Pay particular attention to how cooler versus warmer sub-zones in Navarra explain stylistic diversity, how old-vine Garnacha and continental conditions shape Aragón’s structure and alcohol, and how Catalunya’s regulatory flexibility and zoning underpin both its export relevance and stylistic breadth. Everything here is drawn directly from the WSET D3 text and framed to reinforce cause → effect reasoning, which is where distinction marks are consistently won.
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