Capçanes is situated about 7 km (4.4 mls) south of Falset, 40 km (25 mls) west of Tarragona, and about 160 km (100 mls) south-west of Barcelona.
A local road links the village to the N-420 road between Falset and Móra la Nova.
Falset, Tarragona, the principal village of the comarca of the Priorat in Catalonia
It was previously known as the Falset subzone of Tarragona (DO), and was created as a separate DO in the early 2000s.