Castelo Rodrigo wine

{{Short description|Portuguese wine region}} '''Castelo Rodrigo''' ({{IPA|pt|kɐʃˈtɛlu ʁuˈdɾiɣu}}) is a Portuguese wine region centered on the town of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo in the wider Beiras wine region south of the Douro river. Castelo Rodrigo was initially a separate ''Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada'' (IPR) region, but in 2005, it became one of three subregions of the Beira Interior DOC, which has the higher ''Denominação de Origem Controlada'' (DOC) status. Its name may still be indicated together with that of Beira Interior, as Beira Interior-Castelo Rodrigo.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Jancis Robinson |encyclopedia=Oxford Companion to Wine |edition=Third |title=Beira Interior |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-860990-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/75 75] |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/75 }}</ref><ref>[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2009:187:0001:0066:EN:PDF Official Journal of the European Union C 187/1, 8.8.2009: List of quality wines produced in specified regions] (reflects situation as of July 31, 2009)</ref>

Located along the border with Spain, this warm climate region is known for its full bodied, spicy red wines.<ref name="Sotheby pg 330">T. Stevenson ''"The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia"'' pg 330 Dorling Kindersley 2005 {{ISBN|0-7566-1324-8}}</ref>

==Grapes== The principal grapes of the Castelo Rodrigo region include Arinto, Assario Branco, Bastardo, Codo, Fonte Cal, Marufo, Rufete and Touriga Nacional.<ref name="Sotheby pg 330"/>

==See also== *List of Portuguese wine regions

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Category:Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo Category:Wine regions of Portugal