Bucelas DOC

Located south of the Arruda DOC, the region is noted for its potential for cool fermentation white wine production.

Urban sprawl in the 20th century has drastically reduced viticulture in the area, located north of the Portuguese capital city, Lisbon.

During his time in Portugal, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington discovered the wine and imported large quantities back to his estate in the United Kingdom.

By the early 1980s, all the vineyard lands in Bucelas was owned by a single wine estate with a poor reputation for quality.

A characteristic of Arinto and its blending partner Esgana Cão, a name loosely translated to mean dog strangler, is their ability to retain high levels of acidity even in the warm sub-Mediterranean climate near Portugal's coast.