Alentejo is divided into eight different sub-regions.

One of the most exciting areas is right up in the north-east corner, around the city of Portalegre and over towards the Spanish border. This high mountain country has a much cooler climate than the rest of the Alentejo, and the potential to make more elegant wines.

Borba, Évora, Redondo and Reguengos embody the Alentejo identity, a balance between freshness and fruit, energy and softness.
The sub-regions of Granja-Amareleja, Moura and Vidigueira, in the south of the region, offer warmer, softer wines, with poor, dry land, where the vines suffer from the harshness of the climate and the poverty of the soil.

White wines from Alentejo are usually soft, slightly acidic, with tropical fruit aromas. Red wines are full bodied, rich in tannins and with aromas of wild and red fruit.

Climate: It is a very sunny area allowing the perfect maturation of the grapes. Temperatures are very high in summer, making it indispensable to water the vineyard.

Soil: It is the region with the greatest diversity of soils. They alternate between shale, clay, marble, granite and limestone.

Source: Infovini, Wines of Portugal and Wine Comission of the Region