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Editor's note · Duriense
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The Douro's unfortified reds—dense schist-grown wines of dark fruit and mineral grip—compete for attention with the fortified wines that built the region's fame, a tension between tradition and ambition that plays out in every vintage.
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Region DNA
The character of Duriense
Based on 168 wines with structural data
Style profile
Diverse
Broad range with a recognisable character
Duriense
Country avg
FEM score distribution
90+ Elite
80–89 Great
70–79 Good
<70 Other
Based on 23 rated wineries in this region
Flavor territory
OakBlack fruitCitrus fruitRed fruitTree fruit
Most frequent primary flavor groups
Style breakdown
Portuguese Douro Red
Northern Portugal White
Portuguese Port
Portuguese Sparkling
Vintage Port
Northern Portugal Red
Late Bottled Vintage Port
White Port
Wine style frequency · Bar length = relative count
Top grape varieties
Touriga NacionalTouriga FrancaTinta RorizTinta BarrocaViosinhoRabigatoMalvasia FinaGouveioTinto CaoTinta Cão
Varieties ranked by number of wines · Number = wine count
Most representative winery
The estate whose wines are closest to the regional average — the truest expression of Duriense
Quinta do Silval
VisitAbout Duriense
Duriense is a wine region in Portugal, home to 36 producers tracked on Femente, 4 of them rated 90+ on the critic index. Its vineyards are led by Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, and Tinta Roriz, producing Portuguese Douro Red and Northern Portugal White wines with notes of Oak, Black fruit, and Citrus fruit. It takes in Porto and Douro.
Duriense — good to know
- What grape varieties are grown in Duriense?
- The most planted varieties in Duriense are Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, and Tinta Barroca, based on the wines Femente tracks across the region.
- What wines is Duriense known for?
- Duriense is known for Portuguese Douro Red, Northern Portugal White, and Portuguese Port wines and flavors of Oak, Black fruit, and Citrus fruit.
- How many wineries are in Duriense?
- Femente tracks 36 producers in Duriense, of which 4 are rated 90+ on the critic index.
- Where is Duriense?
- Duriense is a wine region in Portugal, taking in Porto and Douro.
Duriense
The Douro's unfortified reds—dense schist-grown wines of dark fruit and mineral grip—compete for attention with the fortified wines that built the region's fame, a tension between tradition and ambition that plays out in every vintage.
Producers in Duriense
- Cottas — honest
- Quinta de Ventozelo — distinction
- Quinta da Revolta — honest
- Quevedo — distinction
- Quinta de Santa Eufémia — honest
- Borges — distinction
- Quinta do Silval — distinction
- Quinta Casa Amarela — distinction
- Vale do Seixo - Heritage — undiscovered
- Boeira — honest
- D+D — undiscovered
- Gravuras do Côa — honest
- Romariz — distinction
- Clube Nosso — undiscovered
- Quinta do Mourão — distinction
- Real Companhia Velha — distinction
- Jorge Moreira — honest
- Calem & Filbo — undiscovered
- Quarles Harris — distinction
- São Jose — undiscovered
- Caseiro — undiscovered
- Altano — distinction
- Drink & Dreams — honest
- Roquette & Cazes — distinction
- Quinta do Tourão — undiscovered
- Quinta da Sequeira — distinction
- Quinta da Covada — honest
- Aida Maria — undiscovered
- Quinta Dona Leonor — honest
- Torreao — undiscovered
- Vinha dos 7 Anos — honest
- Quinta do Vallado — critic
- Casa do Brasao — honest
- Quinta do Pégo — honest
- Bago de Touriga — honest
- Quinta da Pedra Alta — distinction
- Quinta do Castelinho — distinction
- Quinta do Judeu — honest
- Aneto — distinction
- Ramos Pinto — critic
- Ruanova s — undiscovered
- Quinta Vale d'Aldeia — distinction
- Hutcheson Feuerheerd & Associados — honest
- Contemporal — honest
- Quinta das Apegadas — distinction
- Messias — distinction
- Cadão — honest
- Quinta da Marka — honest
- Muxagat — distinction
- Pennedo da Vide — undiscovered
- Vicente Faria Vinhos — distinction
- Quinta da Foz — distinction
- Paulo Augusto — undiscovered
- Insignia — undiscovered
- Caves Transmontanas — distinction
- Vila Real — distinction
- Calibre — undiscovered
- Serra D Ordens — undiscovered
- Conceito — distinction
- Quinta da Prelada — distinction
- GC PT — undiscovered
- Casa Santa Eufemia — distinction
- Esmero — honest
- Quinta de Ramozeiros — honest
- Vallegre — distinction
- Espelda — undiscovered
- Quinta de Macedos — honest
- Tavares de Pina — honest
- Pacheca — distinction
- Maynard's — honest
- Cortes de Jua — undiscovered
- Quinta do Vesuvio — critic
- Vale do Rodo — honest
- Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo — critic
- Solar Da Portela — honest
- Quinta do Tedo — distinction
- Quinta das Aranhas — honest
- Terrus — honest
- Vale de Vila — honest
- Quinta da Romaneira — distinction
- Quinta de La Rosa — critic
- Quinta Vale do Bragão — honest
- XI coracao — undiscovered
- Palavrar — honest
- Quinta da Fonte Nova — honest
- Quinta de Baixa — undiscovered
- Constantino — undiscovered
- Quinta dos Frades — honest
- Quinta do Filoco — honest
- Secret Spot — distinction
- Casa Ferreirinha — critic
- Quinta da Rede — distinction
- Bjá — undiscovered
- Natalia Neusa Correia Cigarro Miranda Brás — undiscovered
- Cavipor — honest
- Quinta dos Poços — honest
- Santhiago — undiscovered
- Vasconcellos — honest
- Pinalta — honest
- Calibre (PT) — undiscovered
- Covela — distinction
- Couquinho — honest
- Quinta da Telhada — honest
- Quinta do Estanho — distinction
- Quinta da Devesa — distinction
- Encostas do Douro — distinction
- Varossio — undiscovered
- Foz do Tavora — undiscovered
- Francisco Jose Marcia Rodrigues — honest
- Dona Matilde — distinction
- Fontes Velhas — honest
- D'Origem — honest
- Dourologia — honest
- Caves Santa Marta — honest
- Quinta do Pôpa — distinction
- Caves Loboseiro — honest
- Quinta de Mosteiro — honest
- Adega do Monte — honest
- Seis Quintas Martúe — honest
- JM — undiscovered
- Casa Alvares — honest
- Vale da Veiga — honest
- Rabelos — undiscovered
- Sanfins — undiscovered
- Quintela — honest
- Cota — undiscovered
- Ir — undiscovered
- Horta Osorio — honest
- Douro Prime — honest
- Vale da Corça — honest
- Quinta dos Nogueirões — honest
- Sanfins do Douro — undiscovered
- Solar do Prado — undiscovered
- Dois Lagares — undiscovered
- Vale Marianes — honest
- Enoteca — undiscovered
- Fora da Lei Wines — undiscovered
- Piano — honest
- Ouro do Meio — undiscovered
- Maçanita — critic
- Calheiros Cruz — honest
- Pormenor — distinction
- Rui Paula — undiscovered
- Escasso — honest
- KM 81 — undiscovered
- MUU Steakhouse — undiscovered
- Bardino — honest
- Caves Dom Caio — distinction
- Vasques de Carvalho — honest
- Quinta de Fiaes — undiscovered
- Quinta da Padrela — honest
- Bom Viver — honest
- Porto Réccua — honest
- Quinta de Casaldronho — honest
- Epordouro — honest
- Cotorinho — undiscovered
- Bica do Lagar — undiscovered
- Paleolitico — undiscovered
- Vinha Dourada — honest
- Quinta de Infantade — undiscovered
- D.R. — undiscovered
- Picoto — undiscovered
- Gueda Wines — undiscovered
- SUDD — honest
- Grambeira — honest
- Vinha d'Avó — undiscovered
- Harpia — undiscovered
- Quinta do Beijo — honest
- H'Our — honest
- Cortes do Tua — distinction
- Ferradosa — distinction
- Quinta da Boavista — critic
- Maria Leonor — undiscovered
- Quinta Vila Rachel — undiscovered
- Gerações de Xisto — honest
- Crónica — undiscovered
- Quinta do Caldeirão — honest
- Jorjais — undiscovered
- R4 Vinhos — honest
- Foz Tua — honest
- Quilate — honest
- Quinta VA — undiscovered
- Quinta Branca — undiscovered
- Quinta S. Bernardo — honest
- Bouteille — undiscovered
- Sagrado — distinction
- Quinta Da Ermida — undiscovered
- Morvalley — undiscovered
- Bugalha — honest
- Encotos de Louso — undiscovered
- Morgan Brothers — honest
- O Tanoeiro — undiscovered
- Quinta De Adorigo — undiscovered
- Restrito — honest
- Ardinia — undiscovered
- Vale d'Acor — honest
- Sensations PT — undiscovered
- Quinta do Carvalhal — undiscovered
- Vasconcelos Porto — undiscovered
- Caloiro Wines — undiscovered
- Menin Douro Estates — honest
- Quinta da Salada — undiscovered
- Quinta do Cerro da Nora — undiscovered
- Alma Soalheira — honest
- João da Pesqueira — undiscovered
- Mor Valley — honest
- Márcia Wines — undiscovered
- Ribeiro Tanque — undiscovered
- A Quinta do Marques — honest
- Quinta da Folgosa Velha — honest
- Legado do Zeca — honest
- Enoteca - Quinta da Avessada — undiscovered
- Solar Bragancano — undiscovered
- Quinta Maria Izabel — honest
- Casa Cimeira — honest
- Six Senses — undiscovered
- Real Casa Portuguesa — undiscovered
- Quinta do Isaac — honest
- Daughters — undiscovered
- Duorum — distinction
- Passadouro — undiscovered
- Rola — distinction
- Quinta da Leira — honest
- Elza — undiscovered
- Frederico Meireles — honest
- The WineHouse — honest
- Quinta das Ameias — undiscovered
- Cova da Barca — honest
- Quinta das Tecedeiras — distinction
- Quinta da Cuca — honest
- Rota da Vila — undiscovered
- Plano — undiscovered
- Quinta Dona Mafalda — honest
- Estádio — undiscovered
- Dom Xisto — undiscovered
- Quinta da Fonte do Milho — undiscovered
- Família Polido - Polibago — honest
- Varz — undiscovered
- Pedaços — honest
- Quinta Vale de Sapos — undiscovered
- Adega Cooperativa do Vale da Teja — undiscovered
- Desconhecido — honest
- Casa do Moinho — undiscovered
- Antonio M Soares — undiscovered
- Tavadouro — undiscovered
- Casa do Poço — undiscovered
- Vinilourenço — honest
- Casa dos Vieiras — undiscovered
- Indício — undiscovered
- Villa Reguela — undiscovered
- D. Luís — undiscovered
- Cara a Cara — honest
- Quinta do Gravançal — honest
- Quinta do Carvalhido — undiscovered
- Quinta de Ceis — honest
- O Mercador — honest
- Corinthians — undiscovered
- Adega do Rosca — undiscovered
- Val Moreira — honest
- Pinheiro da Veiga — undiscovered
- Ceira — honest
- São Pedro das Aguias — honest
- Quinta dos Murças — distinction
- Martinez Gassiot — distinction
- Favaios — distinction
- Seara d'Ordens — distinction
- Sogrape — distinction
- Quinta Vale D. Maria — critic
- Charamba — honest
- Quinta de Marrocos — honest
- Arribas do Côa — undiscovered
- Ditado — undiscovered
- Quinta dos Avidagos — distinction
- Niepoort — critic
- Alto da Serra — undiscovered
- Andresen — distinction
- Vicente Faria Vinhos — honest
- Senhora do Convento — honest
- Barros — distinction
- Quinta do Vale Meão — critic
- Diogo Cão — honest
- Rui Roboredo Madeira — distinction
- Quinta do Portal — distinction
- Quinta da Ferreira de Baixo — undiscovered
- Quinta de Tourais — honest
- Maritávora — distinction
- Casa das Eiras — undiscovered
- Alves de Sousa — distinction
- Quinta da Carvalhosa — honest
- Brites Aguiar — honest
- Quinta do Passadouro — distinction
- Rozès — distinction
- Sogevinus — honest
- Parolo — undiscovered
- Cafeína — undiscovered
- Lavradores de Feitoria — distinction
- Fora da Caixa — undiscovered
- Quinta do Crasto — critic
- Summer Wine — undiscovered
- Foz Torto — distinction
- Freixo de Numão — honest
- Quinta do Roncao — honest
- Mau Feitio — honest
- Poeira — distinction
- Comprida — undiscovered
- Valle da Fonte — honest
- Vaz de Carvalho Wines — honest
- Penedo do Barco — undiscovered
- Quinta do Fojo — distinction
- Dona Berta — honest
- Casa Castro Malheiro — honest
- Quinta do Paco — undiscovered
- Romarigo — undiscovered
- Amoras — honest
- Palato do Côa — honest
- Porca de Murca — honest
- Mesão Frio — honest
- Quinta do Jalloto — honest
- Temilobos — undiscovered
- Mateus — honest
- Jorge Rosas — honest
- Quinta de Santa Marinha — undiscovered
- Feuerheerd's — honest
- Quinta do Sairrão — undiscovered
- Mapa — honest
- Quinta das Peixotas — honest
- Quinta das Carvalhas — distinction
- Vilalva — distinction
- Quinta do Romeu — honest
- Águia Moura — honest
- Avo Tomaz — undiscovered
- Colinas do Douro — distinction
- Quinta de Vale de Pios — honest
- Adega Cooperativa Sabrosa — honest
- Quinta do Javali — honest
- Quinta do Granjal — honest
- Fagote — honest
- Casal Dos Jordões — distinction
- Vieira de Sousa — distinction
- Quinta das Lamelas — honest
- Quinta di Pedrs Alta — undiscovered
- Travanca — undiscovered
- Agri-Roncão — honest
- Casa de Cambres — distinction
- Filão — undiscovered
- Folias de Baco — distinction
- Quinta Dos Castelares — honest
- Quinta do Cume — distinction
- Encostas do Covão — distinction
- Casa de Alpajares — undiscovered
- Quinta Da Salgueira — undiscovered
- CARM — distinction
- Espada Cinta — honest
- Revì — undiscovered
- Quinta dos Corvos — honest
- Rainha Santa Isabel — undiscovered
- D. Catarina — undiscovered
- Almeida Dias — undiscovered
- Augusto's — honest
- Monte Formigão — undiscovered
- Nicolau de Almeida — distinction
- Burmester — distinction
- Fonseca — distinction
- Tuke Holdsworth — honest
- Quinta do Noval — critic
- Smith Woodhouse — distinction
- Taylor's — distinction
- Cockburn's — critic
- Warre's — distinction
- Gould Campbell — distinction
- Poças — distinction
- Sandeman — critic
- Casal Garcia — honest
- Dom Manuel — undiscovered
- Symington — distinction
- Kopke — critic
- Cálem — distinction
- Krohn — distinction
- Delaforce — distinction
- Blackett — honest
- Offley — distinction
- Amendoeiras — undiscovered
- Delegate — undiscovered
- Kranemann — distinction
- O Port Unidade — critic
- O Cais — undiscovered
- Dos Santos — undiscovered
- Newman's Celebrated — undiscovered
- Quinta da Corte — distinction
- Almeida — distinction
- Portman's — undiscovered
- Porttable — undiscovered
- Quinta Das Freiras — undiscovered
- S. Leonardo — undiscovered
- Fonseca Guimaraens — undiscovered
- Aveiro — undiscovered
- 1912 Winemakers — undiscovered
- Quinta do Bom Dia — undiscovered
- Porto Cabral — undiscovered
- Portie — undiscovered
- Gilberts — honest
- Croft — distinction
- Churchill's — distinction
- C. da Silva — distinction
- Quinta do Infantado — distinction
- Butler Nephew — honest
- Ferreira — distinction
- Dow's — distinction
- Royal Oporto — distinction
- Porto Cruz — distinction
- W. & J. Graham's — critic
- Maia — undiscovered
- C.C.V.P — undiscovered
- The Yeatman — undiscovered
- Martha's — distinction
- Quinta de Monte Redondo — undiscovered
- Moreira — undiscovered
- Casa de Vila Nova — distinction