Reguengos wine explained

Reguengos is a Portuguese wine region centered on the Reguengos de Monsaraz municipality in the Alentejo region. The region was initially an Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada (IPR) region, then elevated to Denominação de Origem Controlada (DOC) status. In 2003, it became one of eight subregions of the Alentejo DOC. Its name may still be indicated together with that of Alentejo, as Alentejo-Reguengos.[1] [2] [3]

The region is bordered by the Redondo subregion to the north and the Granja-Amarelja subregion to the southeast.[4]

Grapes

The principal grapes of the Reguengos region include Aragonez, Manteudo, Moreto, Periquita, Perrum, Rabo de Ovelha, Roupeiro and Trincadeira.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: . . Third . Alentejo . 2006 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 0-19-860990-6 . 11 .
  2. Encyclopedia: Jancis Robinson . Oxford Companion to Wine . Third . Reguengos . 2006 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 0-19-860990-6 . 566 .
  3. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2009:187:0001:0066:EN:PDF Official Journal of the European Union C 187/1, 8.8.2009: List of quality wines produced in specified regions
  4. T. Stevenson "The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia" pg 332 Dorling Kindersley 2005