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Peninsula de Setubal

Peninsula de Setubal is a wine region in Portugal, home to 17 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.

Peninsula de Setubal at a glance: roughly split red/white.
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Peninsula de Setubal's 17 wineries make roughly equal red and white wine; Chardonnay is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry VR designation.

About the Peninsula de Setubal region

    Location
    The Península de Setúbal PGI production area covers the entire Setúbal District.
    Climate
    The Península de Setúbal PGI area has a mixed subtropical and Mediterranean-maritime climate, with low rainfall and moderate temperature ranges influenced by the sea, the Tagus and Sado estuaries, and the Serra da Arrábida relief.
    Soils
    Península de Setúbal PGI vineyards may be planted on calcareous brown or red soils, Mediterranean brown or red soils derived from sandstone, clay, shale or eruptive rocks, litholic sandy soils, podzolised sands and sandstones, or psammit…

Region facts sourced from European Commission eAmbrosia, Península de Setúbal, file PGI-PT-A1459, attachment 10998. (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents).

Most common single-grape wines

When Peninsula de Setubal wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:

Wine profile

Peninsula de Setubal is roughly split, making substantial red (54%) and white (36%) wine.

126 distinct Peninsula de Setubal wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.

  • Red68 · 54%
  • White45 · 36%
  • Rose12 · 10%

Types: Moscatel de Setubal, Sparkling, Still.

Representative Peninsula de Setubal wines

Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.

  • Jose Maria da Fonseca — Albis
  • Bacalhoa — Palacio da Bacalhoa
  • Portinho do Covo — Branco
  • Ermelinda Freitas — Espumante Brut
  • Jose Maria da Fonseca — Quinta de Camarate Tinto
  • Pica Peixe — Tinto
  • Antonio Saramago — Superior Branco
  • Adega de Pegoes — Colheita Seleccionada Selected Harvest

Quality designations

Wines here carry VR status — a controlled quality designation.

  • VRA regional wine designation.

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 Peninsula de Setubal

Ways to browse Peninsula de Setubal — each count is the size of that specific collection (a subset of the 126 wines tracked above):

  • Red Peninsula de Setubal (68)
  • White Peninsula de Setubal (45)

How to choose a good Peninsula de Setubal wine

Look for the VR designation — it signals a controlled-origin Peninsula de Setubal wine.

FAQs

Where is Peninsula de Setubal?
The Península de Setúbal PGI production area covers the entire Setúbal District.
What do the designation terms on Peninsula de Setubal wines mean?
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. 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 Peninsula de Setubal?
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 Peninsula de Setubal 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 Peninsula de Setubal?
The current regional catalogue contains 126 linked wines from 17 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.