Tavira
Styles
Principal grape varieties
Doña Blanca (Siria)TamarezListan Del Condado (Manteudo)SyrahCabernet-SauvignonArintoCastelaoAragonez (Tempranillo Tinto)Alicante Bouschet (Alicante Henri Bouschet)Touriga NacionalNegra Mole (Mollar Cano)Diagalves (Diana Hamburg)Moscatel Graudo (Muscat Of Alexandria)
The Portuguese regulator (IVV) does not distinguish principal vs accessory varieties — every authorised casta is listed together in the caderno de especificações.
Terroir
Natural factors
- Predominantly sandy soils: lithosols derived from sandstones, psamitic regosols, and Mediterranean soils from sandstones or raña.
- Flat relief at low elevations, sheltered from the wind, with a calm climate and very low diurnal temperature variation.
- A mountainous barrier to the north shields the area from cold winds; amphitheatre-like south-facing exposure produces a markedly Mediterranean climate.
- More than 3,000 sunshine hours per year and lower rainfall mean that harvest begins earlier here than in any other region.
- Region situated in the Sotavento of the Algarve, with a clearly delineated coastal strip, barrocal, and serra within the municipality of Tavira.
Product characteristics
- White: citrine to straw yellow, delicate, aromatic, light-bodied, with a warm-climate character.
- Red: ruby deepening to topaz with age, velvety, fruity, low in tannin, and with a slight acidulous edge.
Terroir / wine link
- Sandy soils at low elevation, a calm Mediterranean climate, and >3,000 sunshine hours per year: earlier harvest, fruity and low-tannin reds, and whites with a characteristic warm-climate character.
Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the the caderno de especificações.
Sources
- eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-PT-A1449
- Official trade body site — Comissão Vitivinícola do Algarve