Vila Santa Red Wines 2017 75cl

Adega de Borba Premium, of the Adega de Borba range, arises from an extremely careful production process using grapes selected from old vines of the Borba region. This brand, awarded nationally and internationally for its quality and the graphic design of its labels, was designed to be savoured regularly by highly demanding customers who enjoy wines with a more contemporary profile.

In the fields of Campo Maior, the vines grow, giving rise to wines with a fresh and showy character. It was in this undulating back of Alentejo where Arch. Siza Vieira brought the unmistakable trace of this winery. So the landscape is designed, so the wines that make this Adega Mayor are designed. Removed without crushing, fermentation in stainless steel deposits at 25ºC and daily return. Malolactic fermentation in new French oak barrels, where the wine remained for 18 months. Aged for 12 months in bottle before going to the market.

Behind Adega Cartuxa [Cartuxa Winery] is a great family, the Eugénio de Almeida family. Let’s go back to 1913, the year Vasco Maria was born into one of the most influential families of the 19th century. Born in Lisbon, he soon established links with Évora and Alentejo, where the family had an extensive heritage. Vasco Maria always considered people to be the most valuable variable on the basis of which he organised all his efforts. These included revitalising winemaking and planting a vast area of olive groves just a few kilometres from Évora, which resulted in the wines and olive oils produced to this day.