GRAPE VARIETIES
Generous region. Enchanting grape varieties. The geography and richness of our region offer us a diversity of noble grape varieties that impart typicality and harmonious singularity to the wines of our region.
AT QUINTA DA RAZA WE GIVE MOST PRIORITY TO GRAPE VARIETIES FROM THE VINHO VERDE REGION, particularly those from the Basto sub-region, such as Azal and Padeiro.
We combine our native grape varieties like Azal, Arinto, Avesso, Vinhão,
Padeiro, Trajadura, and Alvarinho in passionate blends, but we also let
each grape express its identity in single-varietal wines.
Azal
It would not be out of place to present Azal as the favorite grape variety of the Quinta da Raza team. In fact, we're talking about a grape variety native to the Basto sub-region and which, in...
Baker
Along with Azal, it is another of the emblematic grape varieties of the Basto sub-region. In times gone by, it was called Padeiro de Basto, a name that has since been removed in order to...
Vinhão
A grape variety with unquestionable origins in Minho, Vinhão is nowadays the most popular and widely planted red grape in the Vinho Verde region, although it is more popular in...
Gouveio
Although it is an authorized grape variety for the Vinho Verde Region, Gouveio cultivation was, until relatively recently, limited to a few dozen vines, with a...
Alvarinho
Almost everything has already been written about Alvarinho. For many oenologists and winemakers, it is considered Portugal's noblest white grape variety. Its behavior in the vineyard is like...
Inside out
This grape variety is full of oenological virtues. It is a high quality, very vigorous and rustic grape variety which, when the demands it places on both the vineyard and the...
Arinto
Cultivated throughout the Vinho Verde region, it is in its more inland areas that it finds the best conditions to express its full potential. Its distribution...
Attire
A grape variety of Minho origin, probably from the sub-region of Monção and Melgaço, it is planted in almost the entire Vinho Verde region, with the exception of the sub-region of Baião. Highly productive,...
Swordsman
A grape variety that gives rise to a very popular wine in Minho and the Vinho Verde region, usually known as Espadal. In any case, its cultivation is not...
