Auru Red 2009 75cl

Description

A Quinta do Portal é uma casa portuguesa, familiar e independente que abraçou com toda a paixão o conceito de “Boutique Winery”. Dedica-se à produção de vinhos do Douro, Vinhos do Porto de categorias especiais, e ainda Moscatéis e Azeite.

This project materialized at the beginning of the 90s of the century. XX, was based on Quinta dos Muros, a century-old property of the Mansilha family, and the Port Wine that had been produced there for 4 generations. With a vision of the future, he immediately invested in creating world-class Douro wines, being part of the first group of the new generation of Douro producers who, in good time, believed in the potential of still Douro wines.

At the helm of oenology and production is Paulo Coutinho, who has been with us since 1994. With the technical support of Pascal Chatonnet on Douro wines since 1992, and also had the privilege of working with Jeremy Bull on Port wines at the turn of the century .

Quality has always been the motto, as evidenced by the numerous national and international distinctions awarded both to wines and olive oils and to the various services at Quinta do Portal.

The Quinta do Portal vineyards are in the Integrated Production process, which requires compliance with certain standards in order to guarantee environmental protection.
Members of The Porto Protocol, a movement whose values are SUSTAINABILITY, OPTIMISM and SHARING through Responsibility, Collaboration and Commitment. The Mission is to promote collaborative action by bringing together a network of “doers” of change and feasible solutions in terms of climate for the world of wine, and the Vision is to have a world where companies join forces and act together to delay and change the climate changes.

In the vineyards, some of the practices used include:
> non-mobilization of the soil between the rows;
> incorporation of pruning firewood into the soil;
> non-use of residual herbicides;
> low volume flow rates when applying phytopharmaceuticals;
> increasing use of organic correctives;
> strategy of applying phytosanitary products only when the economic level of attack is reached;
> planting vineyards in a “Vinha ao Alto” system up to 40% of soil slope, and from 40 to 60% planting on terraces with a row of vines. This avoids the use of herbicides on slopes, and their height is also lower.

With the practices described, it is possible to protect auxiliary organisms, particularly those from the coccinellid family.
Also noteworthy is the reappearance of flocks of partridges in the vineyards.