Cortes de Cima

Launch of Trincadeira 2011

Carrie — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:28:19 +0000

100% Trincadeira. Barrel ageing: 6 months in French Oak. A soft and round palate with rich, concentrated fruit, finishing with good acidity.

Bronze Medal winner at the International Wine Challenge London 2013.

Full Vintage Note here.

Launch of Chaminé Branco 2012

Carrie — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:31:52 +0000

From grapes grown at our new coastal vineyards near Vila Nova de Milfontes on the Alentejan west coast, 3 km from the Atlantic Ocean.

32% Sauvignon Blanc, 27% Verdelho , 25% Antão Vaz and 16% Viognier.

Silver Medal winner at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2013

Full Vintage note here.

Medals Rain Down for Alentejo

Carrie — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:24:55 +0000

Everyone knows the old adage -’Em Abril águas mil‘ or ‘Spring showers bring May flowers‘.

In sharp contrast to a very wet, cold winter, we have had an unusually dry, cold spring. This markedly low rainfall has coincided with the vineyard calendar of budbreak and flowering falling slightly behind previous year’s norms, but it being so early in the season, it can still quickly catch up.

Although rainfall has been very sparse during these usually wet Spring months, we have been drenched by a shower of medals raining down from international competitions, in an almost torrential downpour!

Results have rained down in a quick succession tallying a total of 31 GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE and COMMENDED for our Wines and Olive Oil

Competitions have included: for Olive Oil - L.A. Intl. Olive Oil Competition and Concours Nacional de Azeite. And for Wine: International Wine Challenge, Decanter World Wine Awards, International Wine & Spirits Challenge, (all in the UK), Concours Mondial (Bruxelles).

We were very happy to have been able to once again show the French how Syrah is made in Portugal, bringing home for the second year another Gold Medal from the Syrah du Monde (France).