Cartuxa
Cartuxa
The Cartuxa winery is one of the leading estates in Portugal’s Alentejo region, widely regarded as amongst Portugal’s finest. Uniquely, Cartuxa is owned by a charity, the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation. Proceeds from winemaking are used to promote cultural, educational, and social development in the region. The Foundation is blessed with 600 hectares of well-sited vines and the focus is firmly on quality. These powerful, generous, yet refined wines, are one of the hidden treasures of the wine world and are well-worth trying.
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Country: Portugal, AlentejoGrapes: Alicante BouschetABV: 14.5%Style: Smooth Fruity RedThe Cartuxa Evora Colheita Tinto 2020 is a glorious wine from a sublime vintage that is now at its drinking peak. It was produced from a blend of old, low-yielding Alicante Bouschet, Aragonez, Trincadeira, and Casteloa grapes, sourced from the estate’s vineyards in the prized Evora sub-region. The fruit was hand-picked, sorted, and de-stemmed to achieve the perfect tannic structure. Following a long, temperature-controlled fermentation – something of a rarity in the region – it was aged for 12 m -
Country: Portugal, AlentejoGrapes: Antao VazABV: 13.5%Style: Classy Complex White94 points - Cellar Tracker. One of the great Portuguese white wines, the rarely seen Cartuxa Pera-Manca Branco is the stuff of legend. It is produced in tiny quantities using a combination of Antao Vaz and Arinto grapes – two of Portugal’s finest white varieties - from the Eugenio de Almeida Foundation’s vineyards. Crafting the Cartuxa Pera-Manca Branco requires meticulous attention to detail at every step. Selected vines are carefully monitored and when deemed to have reached optimum ripeness t -
Country: Portugal, AlentejoGrapes: TrincadeiraABV: 14.5%Style: Rich Full Red95 points - Revista Adega. The Cartuxa Pera-Manca Tinto is Cartuxa’s flagship red wine, one that critics have hailed as being among Portugal’s greatest red wines. Produced from Trincadeira and Aragonez, grapes commonly used in vintage Port, it will come as no surprise that the Cartuxa Pera-Manca Tinto is a mighty, mouth-filling wine that’s capable of long ageing. Produced from the Eugenio de Almeida Foundation’s vineyards, having undergone a long, slow, temperature-controlled fermentation it is -
Country: Portugal, AlentejoGrapes: Alicante BouschetABV: 14.5%Style: Juicy Lively RedThe Cartuxa Foral de Evora Colheita Tinto celebrates tradition while embracing the best of modern winemaking technology to create a fascinating, hugely enjoyable red wine. It was produced from a traditional blend of old, low-yielding Trincadeira, Alicante Bouschet and Aragone from the Fundação Eugénio de Almeida vineyards. Fermented in stainless steel to preserve the wine’s abundant fruitiness, it benefits from a year’s maturation in small French and American oak casks and 15 months of bottle ag
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