Douro — Wine Region Guide
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Climate & Topography
- Demarcated region: Along Douro river, over 100 km (Spain border to Mesão Frio, 100 km inland from Oporto)
- Warm continental climate, Serra do Marão blocks Atlantic weather
- Excessively dry, increasingly drought-prone
Sub-regions
- Douro Superior (Upper Douro)
- Largest, hottest, driest
- Annual rainfall 450 mm
- Often used for Vintage Port and unfortified styles
- Sabor tributary location
- Cima Corgo
- Warmer and drier
- Annual rainfall 700 mm
- Largest total vineyard area
- Major city: Pinhão (heart of demarcated Douro)
- Tua tributary location
- Baixo Corgo
- Coolest and wettest
- Annual rainfall 900 mm
- Highest planting density, largest production volume
- Major cities: Lamego, Peso da Régua