Dão e Lafões
A region with great potential with increasingly acclaimed wines
What you should know about Dão and Lafões:
- It is surrounded by mountains being protected from the continental climate and chill and rains from the ocean
- The region is characterised by cold nights, slower ripening, good acidity and aroma, having great and elegant wines, both red and white
White Grapes:
- Encruzado
- Bical
- Cerceal
- Malvasia Fina
- Rabo de Ovelha
- Verdelho
Red Grapes:
- Touriga Nacional
- Alfrocheiro
- Jaen
- Tinta Roriz
Lafões
- Small region located between the north-west of Douro, and the south of Vinho Verde
- These wines are similar to the ones from Vinho Verde, having high acidity as a distinguishing feature
White Grapes:
- Arinto
- Cerceal
- Dona Branca
- Esgana Cão
- Rabo de Ovelha
Red Grapes:
- Amaral
- Jaen