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Vintage Report 2011 – Record early start to a very good harvest

“Vintages can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards,” to paraphrase philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.
Synopsis: Harvest 2011, our 16th harvest. Another record winter rainfall. Record tropical heat in May. Record early start to harvest. Superlative summer and harvest weather. Harvest quantity – up. Harvest quality – above average.

For the second year running, we had an [...]

Our Top of the Range Wines from the Exceptional 2008 Vintage

Our Cortes de Cima Reserva and our iconic Incógnito are our ‘Top of the Range’ wines, only bottled  in exceptional years. Vintage 2008 was just such a year,  one of our greatest vintages of the decade, with the growing season of dry, steady warm days and cool nights, followed by perfect harvest weather.
Reserva 2008
Our Reserva 2008 [...]

Our Latest Launches

Aragonez 2009
Barrel aging: 7 months in French and American Oak. 4.166 bottles (75 cl)
Solid, intense palate with vibrant, juicy fruit, some savoury notes, and a good balancing acidity.

Trincadeira 2009
Barrel aging: 5 months in French Oak. 3,400 bottles (75cl).
Spicy, ripe red berry aromas with a savoury fruit palate showing vanillan notes.

HC Andersen 2009
Barrel aging: 7 months [...]

Launch of Aragonez 2009, Trincadeira 2009, HC Andersen 2009, Petit Verdot 2009, Courela 2010 and Syrah 2010

Aragonez 2009
Barrel aging: 7 months in French and American Oak. 4.166 bottles (75 cl)
Solid, intense palate with vibrant, juicy fruit, some savoury notes, and a good balancing acidity.

Trincadeira 2009
Barrel aging: 5 months in French Oak. 3,400 bottles (75cl).
Spicy, ripe red berry aromas with a savoury fruit palate showing vanillan notes.

HC Andersen 2009
Barrel aging: 7 months [...]

Vinhos de Portugal 2012

João Paulo Martins’s ‘Vinhos de Portugal 2011‘ is now out. We are proud to be included in this year’s list of the ‘Reds for Special Moments’:

2008 Cortes de Cima Reserva
2008 Casa de Santa Vitória Touriga Nacional Reserva

2008 Pêra Grave Reserva
2007 C M (CARM)
2007 Vallegre Reserva Especial
2009 Morgadio da Calçada Reserva
2009 Churchill Grande Reserva
2009 Duas [...]

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