Douro DOC

Douro is a <a href="/facts/Portuguese_wine/7tvb8wUq">Portuguese wine</a> region centered on the <a href="/facts/Douro_River/rrKSfhbf">Douro River</a> in the <a href="/facts/Tr%25C3%25A1s-os-Montes_e_Alto_Douro/C61Tq2Xt">Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro</a> region. It is sometimes referred to as the Alto Douro (upper Douro), as it is located some distance upstream from <a href="/facts/Porto/wk5eA3zH">Porto</a>, sheltered by mountain ranges from coastal influence. The region has <a href="/facts/Portugal/lYzwDQ63">Portugal</a>'s highest <a href="/facts/Wine/przCrC98">wine</a> classification as a <a href="/facts/Denomina%25C3%25A7%25C3%25A3o_de_Origem_Controlada/1tqQp3MB">Denominação de Origem Controlada</a> (DOC) and is registered as a <a href="/facts/Protected_Designation_of_Origin/N1rGnRa9">Protected Designation of Origin</a> under EU and UK law, and as a Geographical Indication in several other countries through bilateral agreements. While the region is best known for <a href="/facts/Port_wine/dtDKtMAz">Port wine</a> production, the Douro produces just as much table wine (non-fortified wines) as it does <a href="/facts/Fortified_wine/3D5D1aGt">fortified wine</a>. The non-fortified wines are typically referred to as "Douro wines".
Alto Douro was one of the 13 regions of continental Portugal identified by geographer Amorim Girão, in a study published between 1927 and 1930. Together with <a href="/facts/Tr%25C3%25A1s-os-Montes_(region)/g83ju3St">Trás-os-Montes</a> it became <a href="/facts/Tr%25C3%25A1s-os-Montes_e_Alto_Douro_Province/C61Tq2Xt">Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Province</a>.
The style of wines produced in the Douro range from <a href="/facts/Body_(wine)/w3q6ASSm">light</a>, <a href="/facts/Bordeaux_(wine)/m3rJsyVA">Bordeaux</a>-style <a href="/facts/Claret/m3rJsyVA">claret</a> to rich <a href="/facts/Burgundy_(wine)/8E7HDx2a">Burgundian</a>-style wines aged in new <a href="/facts/Oak_(wine)/WvLFtNon">oak</a>.

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