Wine region
Bairrada
Bairrada is a wine region in Portugal, home to 20 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.
On this page
Bairrada's 20 wineries make roughly equal red and white wine; Pinot Noir is the most common single-grape bottling.
About the Bairrada region
- Location
- Bairrada is a Portuguese wine region located in the Beira Litoral Province.
- Climate
- It is located close to the Atlantic Ocean and the currents have a moderating effect on the climate, resulting in a mild, maritime climate with abundant rainfall.
- Soils
- Vines are mainly grown in clay and clay-limestone soils.
Region facts sourced from Official Journal of the European Union, Bairrada (EUGI00000004201), Official Journal C 224, 27.6.2023, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents), Wikipedia contributors, "Bairrada DOC", Wikipedia, revision 1360282781, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).
Most common single-grape wines
When Bairrada wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:
- Pinot Noir
- 2 single-grape wines
Wine profile
Bairrada is roughly split, making substantial red (52%) and white (39%) wine.
175 distinct Bairrada wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- Red91 · 52%
- White68 · 39%
- Rose15 · 9%
Types: Sparkling, Still.
Representative Bairrada wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Marques de Marialva — Colheita Seleccionada Tinto
- Medusa — Tinto
- Campolargo — Entre II Santos Tinto
- Quinta Das Bageiras — Grande Reserva Bruto Natural
- Rarissimo (Osvaldo Amado) — Branco
- Colinas Sao Lourenco — Principal Reserva Branco
- Portugal Boutique Winery — Dinamite Rose
- Campolargo — Corvos
Portugal wine designations
- DO
- DO is Portugal’s official category for wines protected as a European Union DOP and governed by a registered product specification.
- VR
- Vinho Regional is the Portuguese regional-wine term associated with a European Union IGP and governed by a registered product specification.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
Explore Bairrada
Ways to browse Bairrada — each count is the size of that specific collection (a subset of the 175 wines tracked above):
- Red Bairrada (91)
- White Bairrada (68)
FAQs
- Where is Bairrada?
- Bairrada is a Portuguese wine region located in the Beira Litoral Province .
- What do the designation terms on Bairrada wines mean?
- DO: DO is Portugal’s official category for wines protected as a European Union DOP and governed by a registered product specification. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Bairrada?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Bairrada wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Bairrada?
- The current regional catalogue contains 175 linked wines from 20 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.