Wine
Alentejo is particularly suited to the production of typical wines of exceptional high quality. It is dotted with vast areas of vineyards on extensive plains under a scorching sun that illuminates and matures the grapes that make Alentejo’s wines so special.
Among others there are six varieties of grapes that distinguish Alentejo’s wines: three white ones - “Roupeiro” with a well balanced nose and lemony tones, “Rabo de Ovelha” a productive variety with a light open colour, and “Antão Vaz” which has a very distinctive nose; and three red - “Castelão” with its pleasant fruity and smooth taste, “Trincadeira” with its particulary fresh taste, and high alcohol content and “Argonez” a dark red that gives the wines plenty of body.
The wines of the “São Mamede” region are of exceptional quality. The specific micro-climate and the grantite based soil on which the majority of the wines grow, produce wines which are clearly different in character to those from other areas of Alentejo. Here red wines are predominant - deeply coloured and, while still young, giving off an intensive aroma of the red fruits of summer, backed by a certain sharpness and full body.
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There are three wine routes in the Alentejo region: The São Mamede Route, the Historic Route and the Guadiana Route. For more information:
