Dão Demarcated Region
The Dão wine region in Portugal, has been regulated since 1910, although the culture of wine is ancient in the region, the wine in this region of Portuguese wines results from the love between men and the land.
There are those who refer to this region as the birthplace of the very Portuguese grape variety known as Touriga Nacional.
In the Dão Wine Region, elegant wines are born, with quality, personality, difference, elegance, freshness and smoothness.
In truth, the Dão Region is all this and much more.
Story
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Dão is the name of the river and the region that spreads through gently undulating slopes, green and golden in the will of the sun and where wine, as in old loves, was born a long time ago.
For example, Infante Dom Henrique took him in the caravels to Ceuta, in 1415, where they celebrated victory with him.
Terroir
In the Dão region, wine flows in the veins of the earth and the earth flows in the hearts of men. His nobility results in the passionate dedication of his people, ranging from the stone mill to computers. Without this deep relationship there is no wine. And it is so strong that the nobleman as a modest peasant in the same language and in the same wisdom.
This region has its charms and peculiarities, because the vineyards are hidden by the pines, by the broom, by the brushwoods, behind a wall.
When walking through the lands of Dão, we see very little or nothing.
Culture
We have to start discovering, and only then do we find the right people, treading the earth and breathing the magic of a cellar.
Then, no two farms are the same and each is a defined universe. In fact, only in secret is a masterpiece produced: Dão Wine.
The Dão Demarcated region is larger than geography indicates, it has very determined people, an irresistible landscape, tradition and modernity, ancient cultures, superb cuisine, where we clearly identify the Portuguese identity, an open heart the size of the World and a wine with a unique personality in the world.
The region
We believe that nature has given the Dão Demarcated Region a set of happy geographical coincidences.
Between deeply mountainous areas, valleys coexist with hills and smooth and rounded slopes.
The Dão Region, with a geographical area of about 376,000 hectares, includes the municipalities of Arganil, Oliveira do Hospital and Tábua of the District of Coimbra; Aguiar da Beira, Fornos de Algodres, Gouveia and Seia from the District of Guarda; Carregal do Sal, Mangualde, Mortágua, Nelas, Penalva do Castelo, Santa Comba Dão, Sátão, Tondela and Viseu from the District of Viseu.
The perfect union
The vineyards that give rise to Dão wines are implanted in granite soils that are generally of low fertility. The various schist outcrops appear mainly to the south and west of the Region, in an area considered marginal in terms of wine.
Dão wines are a perfect example of the union between tradition and modernity that Portugal offers to the world.
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