The Douro Valley, Portugal’s historic heart of winemaking, captivates with its dramatic terraced vineyards and celebrated wines. Famous for Port wine and exceptional reds, the region’s steep slopes along the Douro River create a unique terroir influenced by a continental climate. Indigenous grape varieties like Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz thrive here, producing wines with bold character and age-worthy complexity. Recognized as the world’s first demarcated wine region, the Douro Valley exemplifies a blend of tradition and modernity.
Sulfite-free and unfiltered wine. Made exclusively with native Portuguese grapes from organic and regenerative farming. Fermented with wild yeasts. Fermentation occurred in contact with the skins for about half of the process. It did not undergo any type of filtration to preserve the wine's original elements.
This wine comes from a single vineyard called Obra, facing northeast and with an average altitude of 390 meters. It is a 50-year-old vineyard, planted in the old style, with dozens of different grape varieties.
Fermentation is carried out using wild yeasts, and the wine matures in amphorae for 8 months. It has not undergone any type of filtration to preserve the wine's original elements.
This wine is a co-fermentation of 20% white grapes (mainly Gouveio, Arinto, and Rabigato) and 80% red grapes (mainly Tinta Barroca picked from the coolest spot in the vineyard near a stream and lots of trees), that is done in old granite lagars without any temperature control. After only 4 days, the wine went to a vertical press and then aged in stainless steel tanks over the winter for a gravity-led bottling without any fining or filtration. The resulting wine is low in extraction, low in alcohol, and wildly expressive and aromatic
