Quinta do Crasto single varietals

Located in a prime spot in the Douro Demarcated Region in Northern Portugal, Quinta do Crasto has been in the family of Leonor and Jorge Roquette for more than a century. Like all the other great Douro estates, Quinta do Crasto dates far back into ancient times. The name Crasto comes from the Latin castrum meaning “Roman fort”. Each year, Quinta do Crasto produces around 1,500,000 bottles of Douro and Port wines. The Quinta do Crasto single varietals are premium wines. Produced exclusively with fruit of the respective variety, they are only bottled in those years of such exceptional quality that the grape showcases all its true potential and achieves the maximum expression of the identity of its variety. Touriga Nacional is a notable Douro Valley grape. It is a very fresh variety that brings vivacity to this very hot region. In addition to freshness, this grape variety has a distinctive aroma marked by notes of violet. Quinta do Crasto Touriga Nacional has a lively and concentrated colour. The intense aroma is of ripe fruit with notes of good wood. It has great presence in the mouth, soft and round, with everything highly well-tuned. The finish is long with hints of spices. Touriga Franca is an emblematic Douro grape that is well adapted to the viticultural characteristics of the region and highly interesting oenologically speaking. It is a reliable variety that has the great virtue of producing low levels of alcohol in spite of the heat in a region such as the Douro. Quinta do Crasto Touriga Franca is rich violet in colour. On the nose, it offers an impressive intensity and highly concentrated aromas of red fruits in perfect harmony with soft floral notes. In the mouth, it starts intensely and then evolves into an elegant wine, with excellent mouth volume and silky tannins, all of which are well integrated with notes of red fruits. Its finish is perfectly balanced, extraordinarily long, and full of freshness. This wine is the perfect expression of the identity of the grape variety. Tinta Roriz is a challenging grape variety from an oenological point of view. High in tannins, its biggest challenge is the phenolic maturation of the grapes. In order to achieve the desired point of tannin maturation, these grapes require the ideal terroir in terms of soil, altitude and sun exposure, with favourable climatic conditions throughout the year. Quinta do Crasto Tinta Roriz has a lively and concentrated colour. On the nose, it presents an intense aroma of ripe fruit with good woody notes. It has great presence in the mouth, soft and round, with everything in perfect balance. It has a long and prolonged finish These wines are available for purchase!!
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Casas do Côro

The history of Casas do Côro wines begins with the purchase of old vines over 80 years old in Marialva and evolves with the planting of 9 hectares of the best white grape varieties. Its owners share a passion for the land where they were born, for their traditions, smells and aromas, continuing to believe and bet strongly on a territory that they consider unique. Casas do Côro wines are very fresh and mineral, with exuberant acidity but above all they are wines with a soul and proof that with good wines they make good friends! Casas do Côro wines are a novelty in our store but can now be ordered
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Quinta Foz de Arouce

Quinta de Foz de Arouce is located in Lousã, in Beiras region. The rivers Arouce and Ceira run through the estate, which is also surrounded by the mountains of Lousã and Penela. In 1987, under the leadership of winemaker Joao Portugal ramos, the first Quinta de Foz de Arouce wine was bottled and sold Quinta da Foz do Arouce produces one white wine and two reds. Foz do Arouce white wine is made from Cerceal grape variety, fermented and aged in french oak barrels. It presents Pale straw yellow in color. Complex aromas with notes of lime and grape-fruit, honey and fennel. Good structure and well balanced acidity, soft with vanilla and smoky undertones. Long after taste. Foz do Arouce red wine is made from Baga and Touriga Nacional grape varieties, vinified with long maceration and aged in oak half-barrels. It shows good aromatic concentration with notes of red fruits and resin. Smooth tannins. Well balanced with a persistent finish. Vinhas Velhas de santa Maria is the other wine from Quinta Foz de Arouce. Made from Baga grape from very old vines and planted in schistous soil this wine is vinified in "lagares" and age in new barrels. This red wine reveals full bodied with aroma of prunes and red fruits, also showing spicy and tobacco notes. Powerful and dense in the mouth, with well-balanced tannins.Long and persistent finish. A wine for ageing. Available for purchase!
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Awarded Lavradores de Feitoria wines

Lavradores de Feitoria is a unique project, created on September of 2000. Resulted from the union of 15 producers, owners of 18 Quintas spread throughout the best terroirs in the 3 sub-regions of the Douro region (Baixo Corgo, Cima Corgo and Douro Superior). Nowadays the company has 48 shareholders (of which 15 are producers), and 19 Quintas. Together, they have a total area of vineyard of more than 600 ha. All wines from Lavradores de Feitoria – from the big consumption to the big ageing capacity – are balanced, elegant and food-friendly, but always with a Douro identity. One should expect, and demand, a strong character for each brand as an expression of terroir, concept, or even fantasy. At Lavradores de Feitoria are produce blended wines and the so called terroir wines. The first – with the brands Lavradores de Feitoria, Gadiva, Cheda and Três Bagos – are made from a rigorous selection of grapes from the different Quintas and reveal the complexity, the richness and the blending tradition of Douro. The terroir wines – with the brands Meruge and Quinta da Costa das Aguaneiras – reflect the character and the individuality of a specific vineyard. In the The 7th "SAKURA" Japan Women's Wine Awards 2020 Lavradores de Feitoria White, Meruge white and Quinta da Costa red wines were awarded the Gold Medal Malvasia Fina, Gouveio and Síria grapes variety were choose for the production of Lavradores de Feitoria White. This wine is fresh and fruity, with good aromatic density, revealing tropical fruit like plums and watermelon. Simultaneously fresh and fruity on the palate, it is very elegant with balanced acidity and some minerality. It has a beautiful contrast of citrus and tropical fruit. Meruge White is a 100% Viosinho. This wine reveals great complex aromas of ripe fruits with balsamic hints to then evolve to some dried white fruit aromas. On the palate it has a very elegant acidity and expressive notes of quince, vanilla and dried peel of fruits. It is very fresh with a very harmonious and long finish. Quinta da Costa red wine is mostly produced with Touriga Nacional, planted in Quinta da Costa, one of our families’ Douro vineyards. The vineyard is located in Cima Corgo, in the Douro valley, on a slope with south exposure that is 50 years old. The wine is vinified in traditional granite containers – the “lagares” – to then pursue its ageing in French oak barrels. It presents bright red colour. Intense and exuberant, very fruity and elegant on the palate. It reveals aromas of ripe black plum and cassis. Full-bodied and silky on the palate, with soft and ripe tannins and spicy notes. It is a powerful, elegant wine with great potential of ageing in the bottle. Available for purchase!
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