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It is in the Dão region that the Alfrocheiro variety finds its natural territory. Present in many of the region's wines, it is considered a high quality grape variety. The cultivation of this variety has successfully spread to the regions of Alentejo, Ribatejo and the Palmela area. It is a very fertile and vigorous variety, hence the need for its production to be controlled, so that the berries do not lose qualities, such as color. It is also important to control the harvest of this variety, as it matures early and is very susceptible to diseases, namely rot.

This variety produces wines with a very intense color and aromas reminiscent of wild flowers, ripe blackberries and spices. As a rule, it shapes wines with firm but delicate and structuring tannins.

Born through the crossing of the Petit Bouschet and Grenache grape varieties, when vinified, it emerges with firmness, tannins and a lot of color. It adds volume, structure, concentration and enormous aging capacity to wines.

One of the few to be planted and valued on both sides of the border, it is the Iberian grape variety par excellence. It is a very productive, vigorous and fruitful variety, with a tendency to have low acidity levels. If the vigor is controlled, it offers wines with elegance and robustness, abundant fruit and spices, in a deep and lively register.

Beloved for its versatility, resistance and poise, it offers wines of enormous longevity that age gracefully and safely. The wines have a deep color, good tannins, slight acidity and aromas of cassis, tomato leaves, spices and cedar wood.

It is in Dão that the caste is best expressed, and where it is best represented.

Esta casta, além de produzir generosamente, é também uma casta de maturação precoce. É bastante sensível ao míldio e à podridão. Os vinhos produzidos a partir da casta Jaen são essencialmente caracterizados pela sua cor intensa, baixa acidez e aromas intensos a amora, mirtilo e cereja. Apesar de ser uma variedade levemente rústica, proporciona vinhos macios e sedosos, que arredondam rapidamente, vinhos simples mas sedutores.

The Rufete variety is essentially cultivated in the Douro and Dão regions, especially in the sub-regions of Pinhel, Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo and Cova da Beira.

It is a productive variety and its bunches and berries are of medium size. It is particularly sensitive to powdery mildew and mildew. If it reaches the ideal maturation time, it manages to produce full-bodied, aromatic wines capable of remaining in the bottle for many years. 

Of the foreign varieties present on national soil, it is the variety that best adapted to the rigorous climate of the Alentejo.

Its berries are bluish-black, and it often consecrates full-bodied wines, rich in coloring matter, with high acidity and great longevity. Its varietal aromas are reminiscent of spices (black pepper), violets, wild fruits (blackcurrant, raspberry and blackberry).

Desenvolve-se num ciclo vegetativo longo, proporcionando vinhos ricos em cor. Proporciona vinhos de corpo denso e estrutura firme mas, simultaneamente, elegantes. Por regra os vinhos sugerem notas florais de rosas, flores silvestres, amoras e esteva.

It is a noble variety and much appreciated in Portugal. The abundance of primary aromas is one of the hallmarks of the variety, presenting itself both floral and fruity, always intense and explosive.

Trincadeira is one of the varieties best adapted to the dryness and heat of the Alentejo. It gives body to aromatic and fruity wines, tending to be floral, sometimes with vegetable hints when maturation is poor, rich in color and acidity, slightly alcoholic and with good conditions to age well in the bottle.

It is the most cultivated red variety in the Vinho Verde region, offering wines with an intense color, garnet red, with a vinous aroma, where wild fruits (blackberry and raspberry) stand out, with an equally vinous, full-bodied and slightly astringent flavor.