Our Wines
HANDCRAFTED
Quinta da Boa Esperança – Colheita Red
Aromas ranging from fruity to spicy. Tannins present, but tamed. Fresh and mineral wine. 12 months of bottle aging. Total destemming followed by pre-fermentative maceration at 8ºC. Subsequent fermentation in a conical vat at a controlled temperature of 24ºC.
Grapes: Castelão, Syrah, Aragonez.
Harvest: 100% manual into 15 Kg cases.
Castelão, Syrah, Aragonez
Quinta da Boa Esperança – Colheita Selecionada
Elaborated from Alicante Bouschet, Aragonez, Castelão, Syrah and Touriga Nacional grape varieties, it resulted in a complex wine with intense garnet colour, in which stand out the aromas of black fruit with spicy and balsamic notes, which came from this especific blend of varieties and their ageing on french oak barrels. Fresh and intense, with firm tannins, allowing a longstanding finish.
Grapes: Alicante Bouschet, Aragonez, Castelão,Touriga Nacional, Syrah.
Harvest: 100% manual into 15 Kg cases.
Alicante Bouschet, Aragonez, Castelão, Touriga Nacional, Syrah
Quinta da Boa Esperança – Syrah
Very intense garnet colored wine, with citric and floral nuances. Very vivid and structured on the palate, through its freshness and richness in tannins, resulting in a long and harmonious finish.
10% of the batch fermented in new barrels for 18 months plus 12 months aging in bottles.
Grapes: Alicante Bouschet, Aragonez, Castelão,Touriga Nacional, Syrah.
Harvest: 100% manual into 15 Kg cases.
Syrah
Quinta da Boa Esperança – Touriga Nacional
Very intense garnet colored wine, with citrus and floral nuances. Vibrant and structured on the palate, due to its freshness and richness in tannins.
Total destemed followed by pre-fermentative maceration at 8ºC. Followed by fermentation in lagar at temperature controlled at 24ºC
10% of the batch aged in French oak barrels during 18 months. Aged in bottle for 12 months.
Grapes: Touriga Nacional.
Harvest: 100% manual into 15 Kg cases.
Touriga Nacional
Quinta da Boa Esperança – Alicante Bouschet
Intense garnet colored wine, nearly opaque, with prevaling notes of black fruit with balsamic nuances. Vibrant and volumous.
Grapes: Alicante Bouschet.
Harvest: 100% manual into 15 Kg cases.
Alicante Bouschet
Quinta da Boa Esperança – Reserva Red
Aromas of black fruit, with spicy and smoked notes. Fresh, intense and structured in the mouth, with firm tannins.
Total destemming followed by pre-fermentation maceration at 8ºC. Subsequent fermentation in wine press with controlled temperature at 24°C. The varieties were vinified separately. Aged for 24 months in French oak barrels. Aged for 18 months in bottle.
Characteristics of the harvest year: Hot and dry year, mainly during the ripening phase of the grape.
Consumption Interval: immediately up to 15/20 years.
Grapes: Alicante Bouschet, Syrah, Touriga Nacional.
Harvest: 100% manual into 15 Kg cases.
Alicante Bouschet, Syrah, Touriga Nacional
White Wines
Quinta da Boa Esperança – Colheita White
Citrus colored wine, mineral, with intense aroma of fresh tropical fruit. Intense, fruity and fresh, with a very pleasant and persistent finish.
4 months of bottle aging.
Grapes: Fernão Pires, Arinto.
Harvest: 100% manual into 15 Kg cases.
Fernão Pires, Arinto
Quinta da Boa Esperança – Fernão Pires
Citrus colored wine, mineral, with intense aroma of fresh tropical fruit. Intense, fruity and fresh, with a very pleasant and persistent finish.
4 months of bottle aging.
Grapes: Fernão Pires.
Harvest: 100% manual into 15 Kg cases.
Fernão Pires
Quinta da Boa Esperança – Arinto
Citrus colored wine, very elegant mineral aroma, so typical in this grape variety with slight tropical nuances. Very fresh, with a long and persistent finish.
Grapes: Arinto.
Harvest: 100% manual into 15 Kg cases.
Arinto
Quinta da Boa Esperança – Sauvignon Blanc
Mineral and fresh wine. Notes of tropical fruit with notes of more vegetal aromas, characteristic of the variety. Unctuous wine with good acidity balance.
4 months of aging in bottle.
Pressing of whole bunches, followed by fermentation with controlled temperature between 10 / 12ºC.
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
Harvest: 100% manual into 15 Kg cases.
Sauvignon Blanc
Quinta da Boa Esperança – Reserva White
Mineral and fresh wine. Floral notes with citrus notes. Extremely unctuous wine, with an excellent balance between structure and acidity.
A mild and rainy year, but with the phenomenon of scalding in the middle of maturation, which caused the harvest to start later than usual, in order to recover the vine.
Pressing of whole bunches. 20% of the batch fermented in stainless steel with controlled temperature between 10 / 12ºC, which was followed by 4 months of “battonage” in vat.
80% of the batch fermented in new barrels followed by battonage for 6 months + 12 months of aging in bottles.
Grapes: Arinto, Fernão Pires
Harvest: 100% manual into 15 Kg cases.
Arinto, Fernão Pires
Quinta da Boa Esperança – Rosé
A rosé wine with a slight salmon color, with fine and delicate aromas. Fresh, structured, intense, with a very longstanding finish.
Grapes: Castelão, Touriga Nacional, Syrah.
Harvest: 100% manual into 15 Kg cases.
Castelão, Touriga Nacional, Syrah
Quinta da Boa Esperança – Rosé Reserva
Wine made exclusively of Touriga Nacional. It’s a complex wine, rich texture with great acidity becoming fresh with a long finish.
Upon winery arrival the whole bunches go directly to the press, followed by fermentation in French Oak barrels second hand (500L) with “battonage” and aging for 9 months. Ages in bottle for 6 months.
Grapes: Touriga Nacional
Harvest: 100% manual into 15 Kg cases.
Touriga Nacional
Quinta da Boa Esperança – Rosé Atlântico
Just 15 km away from the Atlantic, this vineyard that faces the ocean reaches a great minerality and freshness found in this wine. A unique and special rose highlighted by an expressive acidity, enormous freshness and a strong salinity that makes it textured. A slight salmon color, dense and structured matches perfectly for a glass of wine or with fish, seafood and salads or even white meat.
Hand picked, our grapes are carefully selected to 15 Kg cases. At the cellar, is done a smooth press of the whole bunches, in order to guarantee the light salmon hue, followed by fermentation with controlled temperature at 10/12º C.
Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Syrah, Castelão.
Harvest: 100% manual para caixas de 15 Kg.
Touriga Nacional, Syrah, Castelão
The Quinta da Boa Esperança project was born from the desire to create a space that reflects a way of thinking and living.
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