Silgueiros estate whose top wines carry the names of family forebears, Dona Georgina, Dona Santana and Dona Louise, and which houses the Mesa de Lemos restaurant.
Tasting: Visits and tastings at the estate; the Mesa de Lemos restaurant serves Friday and Saturday by prior booking.
Signature wines: Dona Georgina, Dona Santana, Dona Louise
Small family estate on an organically farmed vineyard at 365 metres above the Dão river, bottling numbered, hand-sealed reds from Alfrocheiro, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz and Jaen.
Tasting: Vineyard and cellar visit with a three-wine tasting, with wines available to buy at the quinta.
Silgueiros estate with documented viticulture going back more than a century. Grapes went to the local cooperative from 1964 to 1998; the family began bottling its own labels in 1999.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 10:30 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 18:00.
Signature wines: Quinta da Falorca T-Nac, Quinta da Falorca Garrafeira
Cooperative of around 2,000 grower members at Loureiro de Silgueiros, founded in 1962 and crushing its first harvest in 1964.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 09:00 to 12:30 and 13:30 to 18:00, closed at weekends.
Celso de Lemos' granite winery at Passos de Silgueiros arranges cellar visits, tailored tastings, vineyard trails and picnics on the same estate as the Mesa de Lemos dining room.
Diogo Rocha's dining room set in the Quinta de Lemos vineyard at Silgueiros, holding a Michelin star since 2019 and a Green Star since 2022, with menus poured from the estate cellar.
Awards: Michelin Guide (one star) 2019, Michelin Green Star 2022
The cellar-door shop of the Silgueiros cooperative south of Viseu, selling the Dom Daganel and Morgado de Silgueiros labels alongside its varietal range and bag-in-box wines.
A small organically farmed vineyard at 365 metres above the Dão river in Silgueiros, bottling numbered and hand-sealed reds from Alfrocheiro, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz and Jaen.
Tip: The visit is a vineyard and cellar walk with three wines, and the bottles can be bought at the quinta afterwards.