Óbidos

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The region extends from the foothills of the Serra de Montejunto towards the northwest, across a succession of hills and hillocks covered by a landscape of vineyards interspersed with other crops, stretching as far as Óbidos.
• The Óbidos Denominação de Origem encompasses part of the municipalities of Bombarral, Cadaval, Caldas da Rainha and Óbidos, with soils of loamy to clayey texture comprising brown and red calcareous soils.
• Vineyards must be established on normal or para-barros brown or red calcareous soils, or on brown or red Mediterranean soils of non-calcareous materials, with an aspect suited to the production of quality wines.
• The municipality of Óbidos, which lends its name to the appellation, covers an area of 141.55 km² and is bounded to the northeast and east by the municipality of Caldas da Rainha, to the south by Bombarral, to the southwest by Lourinhã and to the west by Peniche, with a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean to the northwest. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Óbidos is encircled by a fourteenth-century wall that still preserves its medieval character, and is the defining landmark of an agricultural region where the vine has always held a predominant place.

• White sparkling wines display a citrine colour, fine and persistent mousse, a refined and fruity nose, with good aromatic complexity and a well-judged balance between acidity and freshness.

• The combination of the region's environmental factors yields red wines with an open colour, fruity and soft, as well as fresh white wines with delicate mineral notes.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the specification (caderno de especificações).

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-PT-A1469
• Official trade body site — Comissão Vitivinícola da Região de Lisboa