Port wine is usually a blended wine, so we take advantage of the diversity and greater potential of each of the varieties planted in our vineyards. The aim is to make our wines complete and complex, providing a pleasant tasting experience.

As far as red grape varieties we highlight the following:

Tinta Barroca – Used mainly in blends. When used on its own, it gives rise to smooth wines, with a lot of body and alcohol, floral, cherry and blackberry aromas. Its fine skins give origin to few tannins. It shows good resistance to pests and diseases, but lack of water and excessive heat can lead to rapid over-ripening. In productive terms it is a high-yielding caste that also manages to combine high levels of sugars and high alcoholic content. It is one of the recommended grape varieties to produce Port wine.

Touriga Nacional – It is a fertile caste that produces small bunches of grapes with thick skin. Its wines have a deep colour, are tannic and have aromas of black fruit and floral/herbaceous hints (such as violet and rosemary).

Touriga Franca – Usually easy to cultivate with good yields and resistance to diseases. It has intense red fruit aromas and a very floral and herbaceous character. Fine but firm tannins, something fundamental to guarantee a Port with structure.

Tinta Roriz – A grape variety with numerous nomenclatures but best known in the world for its Spanish name Tempranillo. It has large bunches of grapes with small, thick-skinned berries. It produces high yields. It gives colour and body to the blend as well as aromas of black pepper and wildflowers.

Tinta Cão (or Tinto Cão) – One of the classic Douro grape varieties, it has thick skinned berries. Its low yields led it to be neglected in relation to other varieties. Yet, the structure it provides to wines and its good ageing capacity led it to continue to be part of Port blends.

In white varieties:

Viosinho – Variety that presents low yields. Its bunches and berries are small, very susceptible to fungal diseases and thus prefer warm and dry places. It is not very aromatic but presents an excellent harmony between sugar and acidity. It gives structure and power to the blend but lacks freshness and aromatic capacity.

Malvasia Fina – Varietal grape variety with good yields and medium-sized bunches and berries. Sensitive to rotting and to many diseases such as oidium. It has a good balance between alcohol and acidity, giving rise to refined wines with good ageing potential.