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The Dão Demarcated Region was established in 1908, located in central Portugal, in the province of Beira Alta. This region is characterized by a rugged relief.

 
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The Dão Demarcated Region was established in 1908, located in central Portugal, in the province of Beira Alta. This region is characterized by a rugged relief.

The Dão Demarcated Region is located in Beira Alta, in the center of Portugal, protected from the winds by the Caramulo, Montemuro, Buçaco and Estrela mountains.

The climate in the Dão suffers simultaneously the influence of the Atlantic and the Interior, so the winters are cold and rainy while the summers are hot and dry.

The vineyards are located between 400 and 700 meters above sea level, on plateaus of schist and granite soils of low depth, where the pine forests abound, producing full-bodied wines.

In the region of origin of Touriga Nacional are born the most elegant wines. With quality, personality, elegance, freshness and softness. The wines of the do has great capacity of aging in bottle.

Discovering your wines is entering a new world of aromas and flavors that captivate and seduce, and soon become unmistakable and unforgettable.

The climate of continental influence of Dão presents extremes, with cold and rainy winters and hot, dry summers. Initially, the vine was developed by the clergy, especially by the Cistercian monks. In 1908, it became the second Portuguese demarcated region. With the entry of Portugal into the EC in 1986, the vineyards underwent a process of restructuring, with new winemaking techniques and choice of appropriate grape varieties.

Dão presents a great variety of grapes, among which the Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Jaen and Tinta Roriz paints, and the white ones Encruzado, Bical, Cercial, Malvasia Fina and Verdelho.

They are complex reds and aromatic and white fruity, medium body, aromatic and very balanced.

Due to the high quality of its white wines this region is recognized producer of sparkling wine

 
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