TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

NAME OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION Dão

PRODUCT CATEGORY Wine

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN APPLICANT Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho, IP 5 Rua Mouzinho da Silveira 1250-165 Lisboa Portugal

351 213 506 700 [email protected] PROTECTION IN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Date of Protection in the European Union: 24/12/1991 Date of protection in the Member State and reference to national decision: 18 September 1908, Carta de Lei de 18 de Setembro de 1908 and Decreto-Lei n. º 24 516, 28 September 1934, currently Decreto-Lei n. º 376/93, 5 November PRODUCT DESCRIPTION  Raw Material Varieties: a) Red varieties: 1 - Alfrocheiro, Alvarelhão, Aragonês, Bastardo, Jaen, Rufete, Tinto Cão, Touriga Nacional and Trincadeira. 2 – Água Santa, Baga, Camarate, Campanário, Castelão, Cidreiro, Cornifesto, Malvasia Preta, Marufo, Monvedro, Pilongo, Tinta Carvalha and Touriga Fêmea 3 – Alicante Bouschet, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot noir

b) White varieties: 1 - Barcelo, Bical, Cerceal Branco, Encruzado, Malvasia Fina, Rabo de Ovelha, Terrantez, Uva Cão and Verdelho 2 – Arinto do Interior, Assaraky, Dona Branca, Esganoso, Fernão Pires, Jampal, Luzidio, Malvasia Cândida Roxa, Malvasia Rei, Síria, Tália, Tamarez and Verdial-Branco 3 – Alicante Branco, Pinot blanc and Sémillon  Alcohol content :

a) Wines for which the designation 'Dão' is indicated together with the word 'Nobre' – 12 % by volume for red wines and 11.5 % by volume for white wines b) Wines for which the designation 'Dão' is indicated together with the word 'Novo' – 10.5% by volume. c) Other wines with the right to use the designation 'Dão' - 11 % by volume.  Organoleptic characteristics

Red wine: clear appearance, ruby colour, complex fruity and floral aromas, good polyphenolic structure and soft tannins. Good fixed acidity. Wine well suited to ageing.

White wine: clear to bright appearance, citrine colour. Complex, fruity, mineral aromas. Fresh taste in the mouth, balanced, with good fixed acidity, giving it a persistent character.

Rosé wine: clear to bright appearance, rosé colour. Simple fruit aromas with some floral notes. Fresh and persistent taste in the mouth, with balanced acidity.

Sparkling wines: clear appearance, fine, persistent bubbles, fruity, fresh, balanced and persistent aromas and flavours.

DESCRIPTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL AREA According to the map included in the annex to Decree-Law No 376/93 of 5 November 1993 (Diário da República [Portuguese official journal] I Series A of 5 November 1993, the region delimited as 'Dão' covers: a) The municipalities of Arganil, Oliveira do Hospital and Tábua in the district of Coimbra; b) The municipalities of , Fornos de Algodres, Gouveia and Seia in the district of Guarda; c) The municipalities of , , Mortágua, , , Santa Comba Dão, Sátão, in the district of and the [parishes] of Abraveses, Barreiros, Boaldeia, Cavernães, Cepões, Coração de Jesus, Côta, Couto de Baixo, Couto de Cima, Fail, Farminhão, Fragosela, Mundão, Orgens, Povolide, Ranhados, Repeses, Rio de Loba, Santa Maria de Viseu, Santso Evos, São Cipriano, São João de Lourosa, São José, São Pedro de France, São Salvador, Silgueiros, Torredeita, Vil de Soito and Vila Chã de Sá in the municipality of Viseu.

LINK WITH GEOGRAPHICAL AREA Vines intended to be used to make wines bearing the 'Dão' PDO must be situated in areas rich in granite, with brown, non-humid litholic soils and Mediterranean brown non-humid soils on some slate outcrops.

The region is surrounded by mountains (the Serra do Caramulo to the west, the Serra do Buçaco to the south, the Serra da Nave to the north and the Serra da Estrela to the east) that protect it from external influences and provide a barrier against masses of moist air from the coast and against strong continental winds. The region's network of water courses has a rigid layout, indicating clear adaptation to the structure of the topography marked by the region's main rivers (the Dão and the Mondego), whose flows are strongly reflected throughout the granite massif.

Temperate climate with cold and wet winters and very hot and dry summers.

SPECIFIC LABELLING RULES (IF ANY) […]

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