Herdade dos Grous 23 Barricas €50 - €100Herdade dos Grous was established first as a luxury tourist resort, with a small boutique hotel and a 90 hectare lakesharing the landscape with olive trees, mint, cows, sheep and pigs that feed on acorns from cork trees and eventually make the famous pata negra hams. The owners planted their first grapes in 2002 and now have vineyards stretching across 70 hectares of the estate, cultivating a wide variety of local and international grape varieties.
in a very classy and approachable way
Yarra Valley grower and winemaker that has forged a reputation for delivering some of Australia’s most consistent
Herdade da Malhadinha Nova is a typical Alentejo family homestead
and 10% Caiño Blanco
a winemaker can leave the two together (hence why they are sometimes called skin-contact wines) for a period of hours
The ripening phase required two emergency irrigations in the upper hillside vineyards and also benefitted from the timely rainfall of 20th August
more contemporary facility in Caltanissetta where they craft all of their dry reds
Production is relatively simple – the winery is full of spotless stainless steel tanks for long cool fermentations with extended lees contact
and pays homage to the Californian mountain ranges and the cooling fog
Viña Cubillas is a vineyard that produces exceptional wines sold as Crianza
The ripest and best Moscato grapes are used for Moscato d'Asti rather than Asti
The estate is high up in the Alentejo hills
