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Alentejan Pork à la Chef Nobre with Cortes de Cima

Recipes & Secrets – Degust’AR, Évora – Chef Antonio Nobre
Alentejan Pork tenderloin stuffed with turnip greens, game sausage and Thyme migas (serves 4)

INGREDIENTS: 800 g Alentejan pork tenderloin* 100 g game sausage w/o skin * 100 g turnip greens * 400 g day old Alentejan bread * 1 dl olive oil Cortes de Cima* [...]

Cortes de Cima The Movie

A film of our history, our winemaking philosophy, our vineyards and our winemaking shot during the last harvest.

Wine Spectator 2011 ratings

90 WS – Cortes de Cima 2008 – “This suave, rich red shows plenty of toasty overtones to the lip-smacking ripe red fruit flavors. Finishes with a flourish of spice and chocolate. Drink now through 2015.”  –KM Mar 31, 2011
89 WS – Petit Verdot 2008 – “Dense, delivering rich aromas and flavors of ripe plum, dark cherry [...]

Latest Wine Spectator Ratings

The Wine Spectator has just published their latest ratings for Portuguese wines, including a few of our recent releases. It is interesting to note, that an online search for Wine Spectator ratings of Alentejan wines, results in 490 wines ranging from vintage 1987 to 2009. Only 3 of those wines have achieved over +91 points, [...]

An Alentejan vineyard in winter – Pruning

Once the vines are dormant, pruning can begin – a task which usually starts at Cortes de Cima by late December. Pruning is one of the most labour intensive jobs in a vineyard, and it will keep our vineyard crews busy through February. It is important to get the job done before the sap starts [...]

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