Red grape · also Tinta da Bairrada, Poeirinha
Bairrada's Nebbiolo — tannic, tense, and magnificent with age.
Aromas
Sour cherry, cranberry, tar, tobacco and forest floor
Structure
High acidity, powerful tannins, light-to-medium colour
Ageing
20–40 years for great vintages
Small, thick-skinned Baga has been grown on Bairrada's clay-limestone for centuries. Once dismissed as harsh, it was rehabilitated by visionary growers into one of Europe's most age-worthy reds and a superb base for sparkling wine.
Long-lived reds, rosé and blanc de noirs traditional-method sparkling.
Leitão (suckling pig) with Bairrada sparkling; roasted game with aged reds.
Dão
Pinhanços, Seia · Est. Family since 1980s
Álvaro Castro's high-altitude granite estate under the Serra da Estrela — revered by sommeliers worldwide.
Bairrada
Amoreira da Gândara · Est. 1970s (family since 18th c.)
The 'Senhor Baga' — whose ungrafted Pé Franco Baga and single-vineyard wines redefined Bairrada.
Bairrada
São João de Azenha, Anadia · Est. 1920
Cork-lined cellars harbouring vast library stocks of 1960s Frei João and Porta dos Cavaleiros.
Dão
Lagarinhos, Gouveia · Est. 1892
A historic Serra da Estrela foothill estate reviving century-old field blends, with a quiet guest house among the granite.
Bairrada
Fogueira, Sangalhos · Est. 1989 (family since 1930s)
Mário Sérgio Nuno's uncompromising cellar of foot-trodden Baga and zero-dosage sparkling, built to age for decades.
Bairrada
Luso, Mata do Buçaco · Est. 1888 (palace)
A neo-Manueline royal hunting palace in an ancient monastic forest, whose private cellar holds Buçaco wines back to the 1940s.