Douro
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.
Uivo Cronológico Branco
A solera wine of 10 years, 2008-2018, were a blend of different wines and harvests is mixed and aged through out the years.
Presents an intense yellow/amber color. Profound, complex, white fruit notes, peach, spicy apples, biscuit, spices, dry nuts, salty and mineral.
A well structured and complex, combines fresh acidity with soft tannins, and oxidative notes.
Protótipo B1 Field Blend Branco
Produced in an area between Douro and Távora-Varosa, its a field blend, that contains a lot of the traditional Douro whites, like Malvasia Rei, Malvasia Fina, Sercial, Arinto, Viosinho, Códega do Larinho e Rabigato. They're co-fermented and unfiltered.
Concentrated color, and oxidative aromas, high acidity and fresh, well structured and long finish. Notes of ripe apple, bone fruit and honey.
Mateus Nicolau de Almeida Ermitas Amón de Kélia
Three diferent parcels, one grape. It combines three white wines, made exclusive out of Rabigato, all vinified in the same way, but from three different vineyards. From high-altitude vines, 500mt, schist and quartz soils. Foot-stomp of whole bunch, in granit lagar, spontaneous fermentation, and aging for 12 months in cement vessels.
Pale golden color, subtle floral notes, citrus and bone fruits. Dry mouth feel, balanced and salty/mineral finish.
Indício Garganta Funda
A light red, made from a field blend of old vines, including Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca e Tinta Roriz.
Natural and minimalistic aproach and unfiltered. Combines the traditional food-stomp in cement lagar, with the most part of the must, or fermentation and stage in stainless steel.
Violet/ruby color, stands out for the high acidity, freshness, red fruit notes, vegetal and earthy notes.
Casa Santa Eufémia Espumante 2011
From Távora-Varosa region, is a sparkling wine made through Classic Method, and long evolution.
Traditional batch of Gouveio and Malvasia Final, from high-altitude vines.
Fine, well structured bubbles, dry and creamy. Complex evolution aromas, ripe citric fruits, dry nuts, brioche and herbs.
Uivo Cronológico Tinto
A single harvest made from the best selection of old vine barrels, thought to evolve through out decades.
Produced with more extraction and whole bunch, ages for 5 years in used oak barrels, plus 5 more years in bottle, before coming out for the market.
Concentrated, shiny color, intense notes of wild fruits, black berries, with minty freshness. Rich, structured and powerfully. Vibrant acidity, smooth tannins and long finish.
Protótipo B2 Chardonnay
100% Chardonnay, from high altitude vines, 700mt. indigenous yeasts, and unfiltered. a limited micro production, of 950 bottles.
Lively with fresh fruit, crisp acidity, nice tannins, cloudy, apple, citrus and floral notes, unlike many Chardonnays, very mineral.
Mateus Nicolau de Almeida Eremitas Antão do Deserto
100% Rabigato, high altitude vines, 350mt, in schist soils, hand harves ted, whole bunchfoot-stomp for three hours, in granit lagar. Spontaneous fermentation, and stage of 12 months, in cement vessels.
Fuller and fruity, delicate peach aromas, apricot, and white flowers, rich, well structured, balanced and mineral.
Indício Branco
Made from a field blend from old vines, with traditional Douro grapes, and traditional methods, in lagar, whole bunch, and foot-stomp. Spontaneous fermentation, in contact with its skins and must, unfiltered.
Combines citric freshness, with a vibrant acidity, high minerality, and tannic structure.