Dão Wine Experience

Dão Wine Experience

Dão is one of Portugal’s most prominent wine regions, located just south of the famous Douro Valley and starts to shine among the wine lovers. The top wines from the region are some of the most highly rated in Europe and in Americas.

As a result of this protected position, the climate along the Dão is relatively mild, stable and consistent between vineyard sites. Naturally, this creates a homogenization of the region’s terroir; whether this is a bad or good thing is open to debate.

The finest red wines from Dão today are deep reds made from Tinta Roriz and Touriga Nacional, two of the key grapes used to make port wines. Jaen and Alfrocheiro Preto are two other common red wine grapes here, along with large quantities of lesser grapes such as the memorably entitled Bastardo and the Baga.

White wines are also produced in Dão, with the finest examples based on Encruzado, the region’s most widely planted light-skinned grape variety.

Itinerary
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Stop At: The Douro River, Portugal

During your wine adventure you will discover Caminhos Cruzados wine project, the vineyards of Quinta da Teixuga, the new winery- a modern, bold and incomparable building, opened in 2017, taste their wine and discuss ideia with the wine producer.

In last years the region of Dão acquires the long-sought joviality being the Caminhos Cruzados project renamed “The new Dão”, due to its rebirth under modern elevation.

Duration: 8 hours