DOC DãoTouriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, JaenTondela
Third-generation estate at Santa Ovaia de Cima with vines first planted in the 1950s, an old parcel over 50 years and blocks of Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro and Jaen from 2003.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 14:00 to 18:00, with four guest rooms in a house set among the vines.
DOC DãoTondela
Sister-run estate at Santa Ovaia de Cima held by the same family for over 200 years, with vines planted between the 1920s and 1960s and a first quality bottling project from 2018.
Tasting: Open daily 09:00 to 19:00.
DOC DãoFounded 1993Tondela
Estate founded in 1993 at São Miguel de Outeiro, bottling under the Quinta de S. Pedro label. Its main vineyard holds an Iron Age granite monolith listed as a public-interest monument.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 10:00 to 12:00 and 15:00 to 17:00.
Signature wines: Quinta de S. Pedro
DOC DãoFounded 1991Família Cancela de AbreuWinemaker Nuno Cancela de AbreuBesteiros
Mortágua producer set up in 1991 by Nuno Cancela de Abreu, fourth generation of a family with farm records back to 1884, working Quinta da Giesta in the Besteiros sub-region.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 10:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18:00 at the adega in Mortágua.
Signature wines: Quinta da Giesta
DOC DãoFamília Pereira de MeloBesteiros
Pereira de Melo family project at Quinta do Coladinho in Santa Comba Dão, making small quantities of Dão wine from a property the family has held for generations.
Tasting: Visits to the family property at Santa Comba Dão by arrangement.
DOC DãoÁlvaro de CastroNaturalSeia
Álvaro de Castro inherited Quinta da Pellada in 1980 and released the first wine under the Quinta de Saes label in 1989. Pellada, Saes and Outeiro are three separate estates on one elevation near Vila Nova de Tazem, farmed and bottled by the same house from the cellar at Pinhanços, which is why the Saes wines are listed here. His daughter Maria joined in 2001 and records of Pellada reach back to 1527.
Tasting: Cellar visits Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00 by arrangement at Pinhanços.
Signature wines: Quinta da Pellada, Quinta de Saes, Pape