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Alentejo DOC
Portugal’s Alentejo protected designation of origin for wine comprises eight delimited subregions. The wider Alentejano protected geographical indication is a separate designation. The map pin is the Wine Route visitor reference in Évora, one starting point for exploring the subregions.
Alentejo DOC — eight wine districts across southern Portugal
A bottle labelled Alentejo DOC gives a regional name, but the vineyards behind that name are spread across eight subregions. Comparing two of them offers a way into the landscape and the wines.
The Portuguese wine institute describes the altitude and granite soils around Portalegre, and different conditions around Reguengos farther south. The eight subregions are Portalegre, Borba, Redondo, Reguengos, Évora, Vidigueira, Moura and Granja-Amareleja. Comparing wines from two named subregions can help connect a label to the geography without assuming that all producers use the same grapes or methods.
Written by Le Roi du Vin. It sets out what is documented, not what is worth seeing.
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Comissão Vitivinícola Regional Alentejana — Wine Route guide and coordinates factory-dossier-9e02263cd11ef5c1c858f719. Supplies: summary, editorial, media_review. Reliability 3/5.
Diário da República — Alentejo designation and geographic scope factory-dossier-9e02263cd11ef5c1c858f719. Supplies: summary, editorial, media_review. Reliability 3/5.
Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho — Alentejo designations and subregions factory-dossier-9e02263cd11ef5c1c858f719. Supplies: summary, editorial, media_review. Reliability 3/5.
Municipality of Évora — Wine Route address factory-dossier-9e02263cd11ef5c1c858f719. Supplies: summary, editorial, media_review. Reliability 3/5.
Wikimedia Commons — photograph and licence factory-dossier-9e02263cd11ef5c1c858f719. Supplies: summary, editorial, media_review. Reliability 3/5.
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