Herdade Barranco do Vale is located in the south of Portugal, in the western Algarve, between the sea and the mountains of Monchique and Caldeirão.
Herdade Barranco do Vale is located in the south of Portugal, in the western Algarve, between the sea and the mountains of Monchique and Caldeirão.
The property extends for about 100 hectares of real natural beauty, where in addition to the vineyards there are cork, carob, olive and pine trees.
The Family
The third generation of the family, which now manages the estate in Algarve, intends to combine the traditional and authentic with the most modern techniques to provide the market with a product of excellence.
The Production
Wine production in the estate started in 2016 with 4 references all classified as Reserve. To the existing grape varieties, Negra Mole (Algarve’s native grape) with about 60 years old and Aragonez and Castelão with 20, the new generation has already added white grape varieties that they started producing in 2018 and whose first bottles arrived on the market in May 2019.
Soils: Sandy Clay and Schist
Climate: Mediterranean temperate, characterized by mild and short winters and long, hot and dry summers.
Grape Varieties: Negra Mole from vineyards over 60 years old; Castelão from vineyards over 20 years old, Aragonez, Antão-Vaz, Arinto, Alvarinho, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Viognier.
The Wines
The reds are wines made from single-grape varieties, Aragonez or Castelão, or in a blend of the two grape varieties. From vineyards over 20 years old.
The whites are wines made from single-grapes, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier or Chardonnay, or in a blend of Portuguese grape varieties, Antão Vaz, Arinto and Alvarinho.
Rose is a wine made from the single-grape Negra Mole. Negra Mole is the second oldest Portuguese grape variety, with greater genetic variability, with white clones and colourful clones, and it is considered the Algarve grape par excellence (indigenous variety) – this grape can only be found in the Algarve.
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