Quinta da Espinhosa ★ 4.4

Quinta da Tapada do Barro ★ 4.3

Ten hectares at 500 to 600 metres in the Serra da Estrela sub-region, producing since 2007 and bottling three vegan ranges alongside its Touriga Nacional and Encruzado.

Tasting: Monday to Friday 09:00 to 18:00.

Adega de Vila Nova de Tazem ★ 4.1

Cooperative founded in 1954 at Vila Nova de Tazem, in the Serra da Estrela sub-region, with vines hidden among pine and olive groves beside the Mondego.

Tasting: Visits and tastings at the adega at the foot of the Serra da Estrela, by arrangement.

Quinta Madre de Água ★ 4.4

Quinta and rural hotel at Vinhó in the Serra da Estrela, a project begun in 2008 with the hotel opening in January 2013, farming 15 hectares of vines plus olives and pasture.

Tasting: Rural hotel with eight rooms, a junior suite, a suite and rustic houses, plus cheese dairy, olive press and adega on the estate.

Quinta da Tapada do Barro ★ 4.3

Ten hectares at 500 to 600 metres in the Serra da Estrela sub-region, producing since 2007 and bottling three vegan ranges alongside its Touriga Nacional and Encruzado.

Tasting: Monday to Friday 09:00 to 18:00.

Adega de Vila Nova de Tazem ★ 4.1

Cooperative founded in 1954 at Vila Nova de Tazem, in the Serra da Estrela sub-region, with vines hidden among pine and olive groves beside the Mondego.

Tasting: Visits and tastings at the adega at the foot of the Serra da Estrela, by arrangement.

Quinta Madre de Água ★ 4.4

Quinta and rural hotel at Vinhó in the Serra da Estrela, a project begun in 2008 with the hotel opening in January 2013, farming 15 hectares of vines plus olives and pasture.

Tasting: Rural hotel with eight rooms, a junior suite, a suite and rustic houses, plus cheese dairy, olive press and adega on the estate.

Ladeira da Santa ★ 4.5

Family estate at São João da Boavista in Tábua, on a slope facing the Açor range at the southern edge of the Dão, where granite gives way to schist.

Tasting: Open daily 09:00 to 18:00, visits by prior booking.

Quinta Vale do Cesto ★ 4.4

Oliveira do Hospital estate begun in 1987, now about eight hectares including century-old vines, split between the home quinta and Quinta de Santo António at 470 to 550 metres.

Tasting: Open daily 10:00 to 12:00 and 14:30 to 17:30, weekends by prior booking.

Signature wines: Vale do Cesto, Serra d'Alva, Muros Vadios, Alva Magna

Quinta da Aldeia Nova ★ 4.3

Three hectares of stony clay-limestone soil on the left bank of the Alva at 200 to 400 metres, planted to Baga and Encruzado in 2019 and worked with spontaneous fermentation.

Tasting: Family wine tourism project with vineyard and cellar visits by arrangement.