WINE REGIONS
Alentejo
Sub-Regiões
- 01 Portalegre
- 02 Borba
- 03 Évora
- 04 Redondo
- 05 Reguengos
- 06 Granja-Amareleja
- 07 Vidigueira
- 08 Moura
Description of Alentejo's Region
Only Serra de São Mamede, to the north of the denomination, differs from the standard. The soils alternate between schist, clay, marble, granite and limestone, in an unusual diversity. The climate is clearly Mediterranean, hot and dry, with a strong continental influence.
The Alentejo is divided into eight sub-regions: Borba, Évora, Granja-Amareleja, Moura, Portalegre, Redondo, Reguengos and Vidigueira, grouped into three distinct groups. Portalegre is the most original sub-region, with predominantly granite soils, influenced by the freshness of the Serra de São Mamede. The landscape offers numerous plots of old vines, planted on the steep slopes of the mountain, benefiting from a unique microclimate that confers freshness and complexity.
Borba, Évora, Redondo and Reguengos embody the Alentejo identity, a land of balance and harmony, in the right proportion between freshness and fruit, energy and softness. The sub-regions of Granja-Amareleja, Moura and Vidigueira, in the south of the appellation, offer warmer and softer wines, with poor and dry land, where the vines suffer from the harshness of the climate and the poverty of the soils.
The white varieties include Antão Vaz, Arinto and Roupeiro, as well as the now underrated Diagalves, Manteúdo, Perrum and Rabo de Ovelha. The red varieties are Alfrocheiro, Alicante Bouschet, Aragonez, Castelão and Trincadeira, as well as the underrated Moreto, Tinta Caiada and Tinta Grossa.
