Setúbal

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The Península de Setúbal lies to the south of Lisbon, embraced by the estuaries of the Tagus and Sado rivers, which influence the local climate.
• The region's soils are, in their great majority, light and sandy in texture, with relative heterogeneity and patches of negligible or very low aggregation.
• The climate is mixed, subtropical and Mediterranean/maritime, with low rainfall and moderate thermal ranges, influenced by the sea, the Sado and Tagus basins, and the relief of the Serra da Arrábida.
• The geographical area of the Setúbal Denominação de Origem covers the municipalities of Palmela and Setúbal and part of the parish of Nossa Senhora do Castelo, in the municipality of Sesimbra. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• As early as 1381, large quantities of this wine were being exported to England, with the importation of Setúbal wine mentioned by King Richard II.
• The firm José Maria da Fonseca was awarded a gold medal for its Moscatel de Setúbal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1855, and holds stocks dating back to the 1880 harvest.

• Moscatel de Setúbal is a fortified wine with an alcoholic strength of between 17° and 18°, whose colour ranges from pale topaz to burnt topaz, developing an unmistakable bouquet with age. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Moscatel Roxo loses its purple colour with ageing, coming to resemble an old white Moscatel, but gains in return a balsamic flavour that compensates on the palate for that visual loss.

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-A1457
• Official trade body site — Comissão Vitivinícola Regional da Península de Setúbal