Last month I was travelling in Asia with a group of winemakers participating in the International Wine Challenge Asian Trade Tastings, and everywhere talk was of the upcoming Mooncake or Mid-Autumn Festival. This is a popular Chinese lunar harvest festival, held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, (this year [...]

100% Syrah. Barrel Ageing: 8 months in French and American Oak. Alcohol: 14%. 22.800 bottles (75 cl)
Ripe red berry fruit aromas with toast and vanilla notes and some oak complexity. An elegant, well structured palate, with firm tannins and a good balancing acidity.
Gran Menzione – Vinitaly 2011
Full Vintage Note here.

8 GRAN MENZIONES at Vinitaly 2011

Chaminé Branco 2010
Chaminé Tinto 2010
Cortes de Cima 2009
Syrah 2009
Aragonez 2007
Petit Verdot 2008
Touriga Nacional 2008
Cortes de Cima Reserva 2008

Our latest reviews and ratings (issue #193)  by Robert Parker (Mark Squires) – (for more complete reviews see blogpost).

89 Points - Touriga Nacional 2008 - ”Attractive, focused and intense, with a touch of vanilla, but good fruit and aromatics and lovely structure. Intense on the finish and with an obvious backbone, it shows an elegant midpalate followed by some punch and power. [...]

“Alentejo is not Portugal’s go-to region for Touriga Nacional, but increasingly Cortes de Cima is making some pretty nice wine here.” – Mark Squires, erobertpaker.com

Here are the latest reviews and ratings (issue #193)  by Robert Parker (Mark Squires) of a few of our wines, recently released or soon to be so -
89 Points Touriga Nacional 2008 - ”Attractive, focused and [...]