What is made here
Wine colours
Colours the rules allow. Pick a colour to filter the rules and grapes below.
Where it is
Alentejano in Portugal
The boundary for Alentejano is not on Vinous yet. It is added by the geography step of the data pipeline.
Showing every colour The colour filter changes the rules and grapes. Climate, vintages and soils describe the vineyards, so they stay the same.
01 · What the law says
The rules
Limits on grapes, yields, ripeness and ageing that every wine labelled Alentejano must meet.
In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine
Training
Systems allowed
cordão; guyot; taça
02 · Where the numbers come from
Sources
- eAmbrosia, the EU register of geographical indications (wine) · European Commission · Commission reuse policy
- Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Article 93 (definitions of designation of origin and geographical indication) and Articles 92-123 · European Union · EU law
- Product specification: Alentejano (Cad. especificações IG Alentejano final.pdf) · National authority, as filed in the EU register (eAmbrosia) · Official document
Still to check (3)
- Boundary not captured yet (PGIs are not in the Eurac boundary data).
- From the specification: Vinho Regional Alentejano. No minimum natural alcohol is listed for rosé. Late-harvest (colheita tardia) and sweetened (edulcorado) wines are described only organoleptically. Liqueur wine is fortified with neutral wine spirit or wine distillate. Vines may be registered from the fourth year after grafting, must be pure stands and low-trained. Lots need at least 85% from one vintage. Varieties are in Anexo I (e.g. Antão Vaz, Arinto, Roupeiro, Aragonez, Trincadeira, Alicante Bouschet, Castelão).
- National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.