Quinta

Quinta meaning and definition in wine

A quinta is a Portuguese farm, estate, or vineyard property. In wine, it usually means a wine estate—especially in Portugal’s Douro Valley, where many Port and table-wine producers use “Quinta” in the estate name.

What does quinta mean in Portuguese?

In Portuguese, quinta can mean a rural estate or farm. The word also literally means “fifth,” and it appears in non-wine contexts too. On a wine label, though, the practical meaning is usually estate, farm, or vineyard property.

What is a quinta?

A quinta often includes vineyards, winemaking facilities, farm buildings, and sometimes a family residence or tasting space. The term is strongly associated with single-estate bottlings, where the wine is identified with a specific property.

Quinta wine and quintas

A quinta wine is a wine associated with a Portuguese quinta, or estate. Quintas is the plural of quinta, so it means multiple farms, estates, or vineyard properties.

Quinta in Portuguese wine

The term is most prominent in the Douro Valley, where estates such as Quinta do Noval, Quinta da Romaneira, and Quinta do Crasto produce Port and table wines. You will also see it across Portuguese wine regions, from Vinho Verde in the north to Alentejo in the south.

For a cross-language comparison of property and producer words, continue to the wine estate terms guide.