Chaves wine

Chaves is a Portuguese wine region centered on the town of Chaves in the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro region.

The region was initially a separate Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada (IPR) region, but in 2006, it became one of three subregions of the Trás-os-Montes DOC, which has the higher Denominação de Origem Controlada (DOC) status.

Its name may still be indicated together with that of Trás-os-Montes, as Trás-os-Montes-Chaves.

[1] Located along the Tamega river, the region produces light bodied wines that are similar in style to wines produces in the Douro DOC.

[2] The main grapes of the Chaves region include Bastardo, Boal, Codega, Gouveio, Malvasia Fina, Tinta Carvalha and Tinta Amarela.