Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo

DESCRIPTION

Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo is a place of extreme beauty in the heart of Douro valley and owned by Amorim family since 1999. The family connection to the wine comes from afar.  Meanwhile the dream came true and the project is now in the hands of the 4th generation of the family.

With a story longer than 250 years, the property displays conserved structures and the cellar original building from 1764, after interventions by the architect Arnaldo Barbosa.

But the «quinta» is much earlier than this and history confirms it as a great land belonging to the Portuguese Royal House, having been identified its first owner in 1725.

The winery produced more than 3,500 barrels of wine from neighboring estates and it was soon ‘integrated in the first demarcation of the region’. The historic sites that are still preserved give notice to this historic weight.

An entrepreneur spirit and family vision did however the difference because, combined with a passionate commitment to the future, determined the beginning of multiple changes to a path of oenological excellence.

The estate has 120ha over the Douro river, along 1.5 km on the right bank, in the heart of the Douro. Of these, 85ha are planted with carefully maintained vines, all letter A, framed in the wonderful and unique UNESCO landscape.

Nature is without doubt the root of all good wines and that’s why at Quinta Nova the harvest is done by hand. The grapes are hand selected with respect to their natural maturation in with the aim of achieving a perfect balance between structure and aroma thus creating fine and elegant wines, strong in character and fresh.

Balance, harmony and authenticity are our slogans!

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Wine	Grape Varietal	Age of the vines	Nature of soil	Technical information
Pomares Branco	Viosinho, Gouveio and Rabigato	20 years	Schyst/granit
Pomares Tinto	Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca and Touriga Nacional	25 years	schyst
Pomares Moscatel	Moscatel Galego	25 years	Schyst/granit
Douro Colheita “Unoaked”	Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca and Tinto Cão	50 years	schyst
Quinta Nova Rose	Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca	50  years	schyst
Grainha Reserva White	Gouveio, Viosinho, Rabigato and Fernão Pires	20 years	Schyst / Granit
Grainha Reserva Red	Tinta Roriz, Tinta Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Barroca	50  years	schyst
Grande Reserva Referencia	25% Old vines and 75% Tinta Roriz	100  years	schyst
Mirabilis Grande Reserva White	Viosinho, Gouveio and old vines	80 years	schyst
Mirabilis Grande Reserva Red	Vinhas Velhas, Tinta Amarela e 10% selecção de barricas	old vines	schyst