Single source · Portugal
Vidago
Vidago, Chaves (Trás-os-Montes)
Naturally carbonatedKing Carlos commissioned a palace beside the spring in 1908 and was assassinated before he could stay in it. Two grams of bicarbonate and a river of sodium make it Portugal's thermal digestif.
Mineral analysis
TDS2816mg/L total dissolved solids
Sparkling, full-bodied, sodium-savory with a soft, round finish, and a silica glow.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium14 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silica29 mg/L
the glow
Sodium628 mg/L
a savory, higher-sodium pour
Verified · official analysis ↗
- soft perlage
- sodic tonic edge
- brothy mineral
Vidago is a sparkling water from Portugal with 2816 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 83 mg/L calcium, 14 mg/L magnesium and 628 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Pristine, untouched source · closest in profile to Vichy Catalan.
Type · The Spa Baron
Find it in: High silica · Natural fizz · Full body · Savory
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Common questions
- What does Vidago taste like?
- Vidago is sparkling, full-bodied, silky and soft, closing on a soft, round finish, with a silica smoothness. It belongs to the Spa Baron type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run soft perlage, sodic tonic edge and brothy mineral. Its pH is acidic, which on the palate reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Vidago good for you?
- Vidago is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows an intensely mineral water at 2816 mg/L dissolved solids, with 29 mg/L of silica (over our glow line). Sodium sits at 628 mg/L, genuinely saline territory and part of how it tastes.
- What minerals are in Vidago?
- Vidago carries calcium 83, magnesium 14, sodium 628 and potassium 47 mg/L over bicarbonate 1972, sulfate 3.3 and chloride 31 mg/L. Sodium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 2816 mg/L total dissolved solids. It also publishes 29 mg/L of silica, the beauty mineral.
- How much sodium is in Vidago?
- Vidago carries 628 mg/L of sodium. That is genuinely saline water, far past the 20 mg/L low-sodium line.
- Is Vidago hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Vidago works out to 264 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as very hard water. That is genuinely hard water, chalky on the tongue and quick to scale a kettle.
- Is Vidago alkaline or acidic?
- No. Vidago runs acidic at pH 6.2, which is normal for a sparkling water where dissolved carbon dioxide turns to carbonic acid, so it reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Vidago still or sparkling?
- Vidago is a sparkling water. The carbonation is natural, carried out of the ground with the water rather than added at bottling.
- Where does Vidago come from?
- Vidago comes from Vidago, Chaves (Trás-os-Montes) in Portugal, a single source.