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Reguengos

Location: Portugal

Legal name: Sub-região Reguengos

Nested under: Alentejo

Reguengos is a Portuguese wine-geography entry for the Alentejo context, useful for reading labels that name a DOC, DOP, or recognized subregional origin rather than only the broad region. Its practical identity is a warm Alentejo subregion for ripe red blends. Typical wines are fuller reds with black fruit, cocoa, herbs, and rounded tannin; whites with stone fruit and richness. The vineyard setting is hot southern-central Alentejo vineyards with schist, clay, and long dry summers. This entry is written as a reference-encyclopedia geography note: it explains place, grapes, style, and label context without ranking estates or turning the appellation into a buying list.

Notable Rules

Recognized Alentejo subregion; subregional use identifies origin within the Alentejo DOC / DOP rather than a separate quality hierarchy.

Also Known As

Reguengos, Reguengos sub-regiao, Reguengos subregion, Sub-região Reguengos

Sources & References

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REFERENCE NOTE

This entry is written as an educational overview and may synthesize public regulatory, historical, and editorial sources. It is not an official regulatory record.