# Bucelas DOC > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bucelas_DOC > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bucelas_DOC.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucelas_DOC > Source revision: 1355018510 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Portuguese wine region}} right|250px|thumb|Vineyards in Bucelas '''Bucelas''' (historically known as ''Bucellas'') is a [Portuguese wine](/source/Portuguese_wine)-region located in the [Lisboa](/source/Lisboa_VR) wine-region. The region has [Portugal](/source/Portugal)'s highest [wine](/source/wine) classification as a ''[Denominação de Origem Controlada](/source/Denomina%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_Origem_Controlada)'' (DOC). Located south of the [Arruda DOC](/source/Arruda_DOC), the region is noted for its potential for cool [fermentation](/source/fermentation_(wine)) white wine production. Vineyards in the area are planted on predominantly [loam](/source/loam) soils. T. Stevenson ''"The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia"'' pg 330 Dorling Kindersley 2005 {{ISBN|0-7566-1324-8}} The white wines of Bucelas became widely popular during the [Elizabethan era](/source/Elizabethan_era) in [England](/source/England) and again during the [Victorian age](/source/Victorian_age). In London the wines were sometimes described as ''Portuguese [hock](/source/hock_(wine))'' because of their similarities to the [German](/source/German_(wine)) [Riesling](/source/Riesling)s from the [Rhine](/source/Rhine_(wine)). [Urban sprawl](/source/Urban_sprawl) in the 20th century has drastically reduced [viticulture](/source/viticulture) in the area, located north of the Portuguese capital city, Lisbon. J. Robinson (ed) ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"'' Third Edition pg 138 Oxford University Press 2006 {{ISBN|0-19-860990-6}} ==History== [[File:Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.jpg|thumb|upright|The [Duke of Wellington](/source/Duke_of_Wellington) helped popularize Bucelas wines in London after he discovered them while fighting in the Peninsular War]] Viticulture in Bucelas, located just north of Lisbon, has likely existed since [Roman](/source/Roman_(wine)) times. Historically a white [wine](/source/wine), during the Elizabethan age it was popular among the [English](/source/English_(people)) as a [fortified wine](/source/fortified_wine) with wine historians believing that the wine was likely the same "Charneco" wine mentioned by [William Shakespeare](/source/William_Shakespeare) in the play ''[Henry VI, Part 2](/source/Henry_VI%2C_Part_2)'' [http://www.charneco.org/ Charneco website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626171323/http://www.charneco.org/ |date=June 26, 2011 }} Accessed: September 23, 2009 with Charneco being a local village in the Bucelas region. Eventually Bucelas was made as a non-fortified white wine, with British interests in the wine being revived during the Victorian age following the [Peninsular War](/source/Peninsular_War). During his time in Portugal, [Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington](/source/Arthur_Wellesley%2C_1st_Duke_of_Wellington) discovered the wine and imported large quantities back to his estate in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom). Infovini "[http://www.infovini.com/classic/pagina.php?codPagina=10®iao=7&action=idioma&codIdioma=2&flash=1 ''Wines of Lisboa''] Accessed: September 23, 2009 With Wellington's favor, soon Bucelas was a fashionable wine on the London wine market where it was known as ''Portuguese Hock''.B. Nesto ''"[http://www.beveragebusiness.com/departments/article.php?id=1&eid=64&aid=990 TOURIGA NACIONAL and ARINTO] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613033424/http://www.beveragebusiness.com/departments/article.php?id=1&eid=64&aid=990 |date=June 13, 2011 }}"'' Massachusetts Beverage Business Magazine, September 2009 During the 20th century, urban sprawl and development contributed to the decline of viticulture and winemaking in the region. By the early 1980s, all the vineyard lands in Bucelas was owned by a single wine estate with a poor reputation for quality. Towards the turn of the century, following a wave of enthusiasm and revival for Portuguese's [indigenous](/source/indigenous_(ecology)) [grape varieties](/source/grape_varieties), new winemakers started to set up operation in the area to produce wines from the local grapes. ==Grapes and winemaking== The principal grapes of the Bucelas region includes [Arinto](/source/Arinto) and [Esgana Cão](/source/Esgana_C%C3%A3o). In the Victorian age, Bucelas' association as ''Portuguese Hock'' lead many in the wine industry to assume that its primary grape, Arinto, was somehow related to German wine grape Riesling. [Ampelographer](/source/Ampelographer)s in the late 20th century were eventually able to disprove any relation between the two grapes. A characteristic of Arinto and its blending partner Esgana Cão, a name loosely translated to mean [dog](/source/dog) strangler, is their ability to retain high levels of [acidity](/source/acidity) even in the warm sub-[Mediterranean climate](/source/Mediterranean_climate_(wine)) near Portugal's coast. In recent years, Bucelas winemakers have been experimenting with different [winemaking](/source/winemaking) techniques including production of [late harvest](/source/late_harvest_(wine)) and [sparkling wines](/source/sparkling_wines) made according to the [traditional method](/source/traditional_method). ==See also== *[List of Portuguese wine regions](/source/List_of_Portuguese_wine_regions) ==References== {{reflist}} {{coord missing|Portugal}} Category:Wine_regions_of_Portugal Category:Portuguese products with protected designation of origin --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bucelas DOC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucelas_DOC) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucelas_DOC?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.