Region
Dão
A plateau ringed by mountains, where pine forests and granite give Portugal's most elegant, Burgundian expressions of Touriga Nacional and Encruzado.
Soils
Granite
Climate
Mountain continental
Signature grapes
Touriga Nacional · Jaen · Alfrocheiro · Encruzado
The estates
Other estates
4 estatesDão
Quinta dos Roques
Abrunhosa do Mato, Mangualde · Est. 1978
Family estate crafting textbook Dão — finely-grained Touriga Nacional and savoury, ageworthy Encruzado.
Dão
Quinta da Pellada · Álvaro Castro
Pinhanços, Seia · Est. Family since 1980s
Álvaro Castro's high-altitude granite estate under the Serra da Estrela — revered by sommeliers worldwide.
Dão
Casa da Ínsua
Penalva do Castelo · Est. 18th century
A baroque manor house hotel with formal gardens, its own Serra da Estrela cheese dairy and estate Dão wines.
Dão
Quinta da Passarella
Lagarinhos, Gouveia · Est. 1892
A historic Serra da Estrela foothill estate reviving century-old field blends, with a quiet guest house among the granite.