Alcobaça IPR

Alcobaça IPR

Alcobaça is a Portuguese wine region centered around the town of Alcobaça in the Estremadura region. The region has the second tier "Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada" (IPR) classification and maybe some day promoted to Denominação de Origem Controlada (DOC). The region produces predominately white wines with lower alcohol levels then it neighboring wine regions on in Estremadura. T. Stevenson "The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia" pg 329 Dorling Kindersley 2005 ISBN 0756613248 ]

Grapes

The principle grapes of the Alcobaca region include Arinto, Baga, Fernao Pires, Malvasia, Periquita, Tamarez, Trincadeira and Vital.

ee also

*List of Portuguese wine regions

References


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