Porto

Porto is an appellation in Portugal across 135 communes. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Official name

Porto / Port / vinho do Porto / Port Wine / vin de Porto / Oporto / Portvin / Portwein / Portwijn

Type

DOP (DOC)

Category

Liqueur Wine

Protected since

1991-12-24

Area

269,166 ha registered outline

Separate plots

2

Extent N–S × E–W

70.13 × 97.57 km

Centre

41.1924° N, 7.6208° W

Grapes

Alfrocheiro, Alicante Bouschet, Alvarelhão Ceitão, Alvarelhão, Aragonez, Aramon, Arinto, Avesso, Baga, Barreto, Bastardo, Batoca, Bical, Branco Especial, Branco Gouvães, Branco Guimarães, Caramela, Carignan, Carrega Branco, Carrega Tinto, Casculho, Castelã, Castelão, Cercial, Chasselas, Cidadelhe, Concieira, Cornifesto, Côdega Do Larinho, Diagalves, Donzelinho Branco, Donzelinho Tinto, Engomada, Espadeiro, Estreito Macio, Fernão Pires, Folgasão, Folha De Figueira, Gonçalo Pires, Gouveio, Gouveio Estimado, Gouveio Real, Grand Noir, Grangeal, Jaen, Jampal, Lourela, Malandra, Malvasia Fina, Malvasia Parda, Malvasia Preta, Malvasia Rei, Marufo, Melra, Mondet, Moreto, Moscadet, Moscatel Galego Branco, Mourisco Branco, Mourisco De Semente, Mourisco De Trevões, Mourisco, Nevoeira, Patorra, Petit Bouschet, Português Azul, Praça, Preto Martinho, Pé Comprido, Rabigato, Rabigato Moreno, Rabo De Ovelha, Ratinho, Roseira, Rufete, Samarrinho, Santareno, Sarigo, Semillon, Sercial, Sevilhão, Síria, Tamarez, Tinta Aguiar, Tinta Barocca, Tinta Caiada, Tinta Carvalha, Tinta Fontes, Tinta Francisca, Tinta Martins, Tinta Mesquita, Tinta Penajoia, Tinta Pereira, Tinta Pomar, Tinta Tabuaço, Tinto Cao, Tinto Sem Nome, Touriga Franca, Touriga Fêmea, Touriga Nacional, Trincadeira, Valdosa, Varejoa, Verdelho, Verdial Branco, Vinhão, Viosinho, Vital

Other grapes

Barca, Bragao, Pinheira Branca, S. Saul, Touriga Branca, Valente

Max yield

65 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

3.9 km south-west of Vilela

Nearest city

64 km north-east of Viseu 103,502 people

To the sea

86 km

Rivers nearby

Duero (1.4 km)

Same latitude

Tavush (Armenia), Huanren icewine (China), Bolnisi (Georgia), North Fork of Long Island (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

46–1,391 m

Mean elevation

451 m

Measured over the whole outline on 51,552 elevation cells of about 230 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Vintages: Douro and Port

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)83%
• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)17%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 135

Sources

EU register of geographical indications