# Palmela DOC

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{{Short description|Portuguese wine region}}[[File:Arrabida footslope vineyards.jpg|thumb|Vineyards at the foot of [Serra da Arrábida](/source/Serra_da_Arr%C3%A1bida)]]
'''Palmela''' is a [Portuguese wine](/source/Portuguese_wine) region centered on the town of [Palmela](/source/Palmela) in the [Setúbal Peninsula](/source/Set%C3%BAbal_Peninsula) subregion. The wine region has the ''[Denominação de Origem Controlada](/source/Denomina%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_Origem_Controlada)'' (DOC) status after having been elevated from its former ''[Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada](/source/Indica%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_Proveniencia_Regulamentada)'' (IPR) status.<!-- possibly in 2000? --><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor=[Jancis Robinson](/source/Jancis_Robinson) |encyclopedia=[Oxford Companion to Wine](/source/Oxford_Companion_to_Wine) |edition=Third |title=Palmela |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-860990-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/505 505] |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/505 }}</ref> At the same time, the former Arrábida IPR, centered on the [Arrabida](/source/Arrabida) hills, was absorbed into Palmela DOC.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Jancis Robinson |encyclopedia=[Oxford Companion to Wine](/source/Oxford_Companion_to_Wine) |edition=Third |title=Arrábida |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-860990-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/505 505] |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/505 }}</ref>

Palmela first gained attention for its [off dry](/source/off_dry_(wine)) white wines made from [Muscat grape](/source/Muscat_grape)s [harvested](/source/harvest_(wine)) early but has recently turned its attention to producing dry red and white table wines.<ref name="Sotheby pg 332">T. Stevenson ''"The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia"'' pg 332 Dorling Kindersley 2005 {{ISBN|0-7566-1324-8}}</ref> The soil of the area of the former Arrábida IPR is predominantly [limestone](/source/limestone) with good drainage potential for the cultivation of red wine varieties.<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 Palmela region (including the former Arrábida IPR) include [Alfrocheiro](/source/Alfrocheiro), [Arinto](/source/Arinto), [Cabernet Sauvignon](/source/Cabernet_Sauvignon), [Fernao Pires](/source/Fernao_Pires), [Muscat of Alexandria](/source/Muscat_of_Alexandria), [Periquita](/source/Periquita), [Rabo de Ovelha](/source/Rabo_de_Ovelha), [Roupeiro](/source/Roupeiro), [Tamarez](/source/Tamarez) and [Tinta Amarela](/source/Tinta_Amarela).<ref name="Sotheby pg 332"/><ref name="Sotheby pg 330"/>

==See also==
*[List of Portuguese wine regions](/source/List_of_Portuguese_wine_regions)

==References==
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