Bairrada has cool, long and rainy winters; summers are hot but moderated by west and northwest winds. Vineyards have clay-limestone, sandy and river-deposited soils, with a temperature range of about 20°C during ripening. Baga is the leading red grape. It can produce deeply coloured wines with pronounced tannin, the drying grip felt in the mouth, and the ability to age. Bical and Fernão Pires, known locally as Maria Gomes, are important white grapes. Bical also contributes to sparkling wine. Bairrada became a denomination of origin in 1980. Its DOC, a protected wine designation, covers white, red, rosé and sparkling wines; wines outside these rules may use the broader Beira Atlântico regional indication. The region's history includes the uprooting of vineyards during an 18th-century dispute involving Port producers.
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Producer profiles
Producer profiles
Every producer profiled in Bairrada so far.
- Caves da MontanhaAn Anadia producer in Bairrada, ageing sparkling wines in long underground tunnels and making a dry white sparkling wine from Baga.
- Kompassus VinhosBairrada producer making hand harvested Baga reds, white and sparkling wines from vineyards in Cordinhã.
- Quinta das BágeriasA Bairrada family estate where hand-harvested grapes, lagar-fermented reds and dry sparkling wines grew from a 1989 move from bulk sales to estate bottling.