Bairrada Wines by Carvalheira Winecreators

Carvalheira Winecreators, owned by José and Maria Carvalheira, is an ambitious project with the central objective of creating unique, world-class wines. Located in Bairrada, in a wine region of excellence, with a cool Atlantic climate, and excellent clay-calcareous soils, its wines have characteristics that match them with the great world wine regions. Carvalheira Winecreatores' range of products, under the responsibility of the oenologist José Carvalheira, is composed of DOC wines, sparkling wines, late harvest and virgin olive oil. ANTE ÆQUINOCTIUM (white wine) and ÆQUINOCTIUM AUTUMNUS (red wine) designate the Grande Reserva wines. The sparkling wines are marketed under the brand name HIBERNUS and are presented in the variants PREMIER, CUVÉE de NOIRS and GRANDE CUVÉE. From the late harvest comes the FUNGUS, created from grapes strongly attacked by noble rotting. In 2017, to celebrate the first twenty harvests of the oenologist José Carvalheira, VIGESIMUM wine was launched. Available to order!
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The best of Bairrada: Outrora, Aliás and Doravante wines

The V Puro wine project arises from the partnership of two oenologist friends - Nuno Mira do Ó and João Soares - with the aim of producing a distinctive wine based on the rich Portuguese heritage, specifically of the Bairrada region. The choice fell on the search of old vineyards of the Baga variety and the Pure V Project materialized with the discovery of old vineyards planted in the heart of Bairrada. From this project emerged initially the Outrora Red, a wine produced from the Baga variety. But soon the portfolio increased with the wines Aliás and Doravante produced from Baga, Touriga Nacional, Arinto, Bical and Cercial varieties. Available to order!
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kompassus

Kompassus, owned by João Póvoa, is a company dedicated to the production of wines of excellence supported by organic production methods and sustainable viticulture practices, since 2005. João Póvoa is an ophthalmologist by profession but a passionate farmer who started producing wines in 1991 with Quinta de Baixo, but his passion for the world of wine is much older. From an early age he realised the potential of Bairrada - the soils, the climate and its grape varieties. Baga was chosen as the basis for all his red and sparkling wines. They are essentially natural wines from small productions, in practice 25 years of dedication to wine production. His family was one of the first to produce the traditional style of Bairrada wines, often called "Bairrada Clássico". The vineyards are located in the parish of Cordinhã, characterized by soils predominantly clay-calcareous with strong sun exposure to the south. The grapes of the Baga grape variety come from old vines with approximately 70 years of age. The base of vines are native varieties such as; Bical, Maria Gomes, Cercial and Baga. Besides these, Touriga Nacional has Merlot and Pinot Noir, Verdelho and Alvarinho. The vineyards are guided by organic practices and sustainable viticulture, in an organic way providing natural wines. Anselmo Mendes is responsible for oenology since 2012. Throughout all these years extraordinary wines have arrived on the market, today, true relics, wines that display refinement, concentration and depth. Of those that cause real pleasure... The range of Kompassus wines includes Colheita, Reserva and Private Collection White and Red; Mono varieties: Alvarinho, Verdelho and Bical; sparkling wines: bruto, blanc noirs and Grande Reserva Bruto. Available to order!
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Buçaco Wines: Heritage of Portugal

"To drink a Buçaco is to travel in time, is to drink a glorious wine, created by Alexandre Almeida, a visionary. This is an opportunity that all those who appreciate wine should have, even once in a lifetime". Buçaco wines appear at the beginning of the 20th century, curiously not from an oenologist but from Alexandre Almeida, founder of the oldest hotel chain in the country. He imported the concept of combining luxury hotels with a winery and his own wine. In this way the Buçaco wines were created to be appreciated at the Hotel do Palácio do Bussaco, becoming a cult object limited to very closed circles, the elite. Since its first harvests, this wine was served to kings, queens, heads of state. Almeida idealized a red wine, which is a mixture of Baga and Touriga Nacional, and a white wine, which results from a blend of the Encruzado, Maria Gomes and Bical grape varieties, typical of the two neighbouring regions, Bairrada and Dão. Given the origin of its grapes, this wine does not have the necessary conditions to be considered a DOC wine and is therefore called Table Wine. Adversed to modernity, the winemaking of these wines has remained the same throughout time. Both white and red wines were aged in French oak barrels for 12 months and are distinguished from other wines by their ability to evolve in bottle. Buçaco Tinto is a deep wine that reflects the elegance of the Touriga Nacional do Dão grape variety, and the freshness and vigor of Baga da Bairrada. With black fruit aromas, this wine offers a pleasant nervousness, complexity and refinement. The rare Buçaco Vinha da Mata Reservado is, without a doubt, one of the producer's best red wines. It is a wine made with grapes from a single vineyard grown near the Palace Bussaco hotel. It presents a complex aromatic profile. With black fruit, flowers and a good toast, it is a structured wine, with tannins present but very fine. It reveals itself complex and intense in a very long aftertaste. A wine to last. Buçaco Reserva White is incredibly aromatic, fine and reputed, considered one of the best and longest-lasting white wines in the Iberian Peninsula. It reveals an enormous depth of aromas and great complexity. It is also full of fruit suggestions with a smoky character. Great breadth and creaminess associated with an enormous acidity and length. Available to order!
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