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Long famous as the source of port wine, the Douro is now also renowned for its fine, rich unfortified wines, both red and white. This is one of the wildest, most mountainous and rugged wine regions of Portugal, cut through in deep twists and turns by the River Douro. Defying gravity on the steep slopes along the banks of the river and its tributaries, the vines are planted in poor, schistous soils. The Douro valley was the first region in the world to receive the AOC label. Alto Douro is also on UNESCO’s world heritage sites list. Here, the quality of the grape is protected by a decree-law dating back to 1756. Amongst its other attributes, this mountainous region and its diverse climatic influences allows a very varied range of crop growing, at different altitudes. The red wines produced by Dos Lusiadas are exclusively from the Touriga Nacional grape, s a variety of red wine grape, considered by many to be Portugal's finest grape. This low-yield grape delivers a well-structured wine with good potential for laying down. The whites are made according to the purest Douro wine traditions, from a mixture of traditional Portuguese grapes. They offer astonishing complexity, which is as easy on the nose as it is on the palate.