thumb|300px|Map of the DOCs and IPRs of Portugal. Number 16 corresponds to Douro DOC and Duriense VR. '''Duriense''' is a Portuguese wine region covering the same area as the Douro DOC and the Port wine region.<ref name="ViniPT">[http://www.viniportugal.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=301 ViniPortugal: Wine Regions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504010135/http://www.viniportugal.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=301 |date=2017-05-04 }}, accessed on January 26, 2010</ref> In difference from Douro DOC, Duriense VR is a designation at the lower ''Vinho Regional'' (VR) level, which corresponds to table wines with a geographical indication under European Union wine regulations, similar to a French ''vin de pays'' region. Thus, it is the simpler or less typical wines of the Douro region that are sold using a Duriense VR label.
Before the creation of a separate Duriense VR, the Douro vineyards were part of the former Trás-os-Montes VR, which is now called Transmontano VR and no longer includes the Douro vineyards.<ref name="ViniPT"/>
Donzelinho branco is one of the authorized grape permitted to be blended in the wines of Duriense.<ref>J. Robinson, J. Harding and J. Vouillamoz ''Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours'' pgs 304-305 Allen Lane 2012 {{ISBN|978-1-846-14446-2}}</ref>
==See also== *List of Portuguese wine regions
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Category:Wine regions of Portugal