📍 Cima Corgo
The heart of the Douro around Pinhão, with the best quintas.
Cima Corgo is the heart of Portugal's Douro, centred on Pinhão, and the largest of the three Douro sub-regions, with about 19,000 ha of vines. Annual rainfall is intermediate, around 600 to 800 mm, between the wetter west and the drier east.
It holds much of the land demarcated when a royal decree of 10 September 1756 set the borders of port wine. The IVDP classifies Douro vineyards by altitude, slope, soil, aspect, vine age and density.
Quinta do Bomfim, the Symington family's flagship Douro estate and home of Dow's vintage port, lies here. Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca are the main grapes. Cima Corgo is a protected designation of origin (PDO).
How it connects to Wine
📍 Cima Corgo ← grows in ← 🍇 Touriga Franca → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 📍 Douro
- Grapes
- 🍇 Touriga Nacional, 🍇 Touriga Franca
Frequently asked questions
Which famous port estate is in Cima Corgo?
Quinta do Bomfim, the Symington family's flagship, home of Dow's vintage port.
How are Douro vineyards classified?
By altitude, slope, soil, aspect, vine age and density.
Which grapes lead?
Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca.
Similar
Sources
- IVV – Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho
- eAmbrosia – EU geographical indications register
- IVDP - Douro characteristics
- Wine With Seth - Cima Corgo
- Salto de Portugal - Douro's three regions
- Infopedia - Vinho do Porto