Quinta Nova

About Quinta Nova

Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo is a place of extreme beauty in the heart of Douro valley and owned by Amorim family since 1999.

The family connection to the wine comes from afar, through its connection with the export houses of Vila Nova de Gaia in the cork business. Meanwhile, the dream came true and the project is now in the hands of the 4th generation of the family.

With a story longer than 250 years, the property displays conserved structures and the cellar original building from 1764, after interventions by the architect Arnaldo Barbosa. But the Quinta is much earlier than this and history confirms it as a great land belonging to the Portuguese Royal House, having been identified as its first owner in 1725.

The winery produced more than 3,500 barrels of wine from neighboring estates and it was soon 'integrated into the first demarcation of the region'. The historic sites that are still preserved give notice to this historic weight.

An entrepreneur spirit and family vision did however the difference because, combined with a passionate commitment to the future, determined the beginning of multiple changes to a path of oenological excellence.

More about the Quinta

The estate has 120ha over the Douro river, along 1.5 km on the right bank, in the heart of the Douro (subregion of Cima Corgo). Of these, 85ha are planted with carefully maintained vines, all letter A, framed in the wonderful and unique UNESCO landscape.

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Unoaked Red Blend

A unique unoaked blend, that uses the Quinta Nova da Nossa Senhora do Carmo’s main grape varieties - Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, and Tinto Cão. It has an authentic and intense flavor that demonstrates that it does not need to be aged in an oak barrel to be sophisticated.

Its ruby color and youthful, exuberant, and mineral aroma offer a magnificent balance between fruit, dense structure, and alcohol, and confirms that the full character of the Douro fits inside a bottle of wine, with extraordinary richness and volume.
This wine is one of the finest examples of unoaked wines in Portugal and can be drunk young or stored in the cellar for 5-7 years.

First Harvest: 2003

Winemakers: Jorge Alves and Sónia Pereira Vineyard
Varieties: Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão, Tinta Amarela and Touriga

Soils: Schist

Zone: Cima Corgo

Harvest: By hand

Yield level: 5500kg/ha
Aging: Stainless-steel vats of 25000L
Alcohol: 14,00% Vol.

Additional Winemaking Notes: 100% Unfiltered

Production: 80000 bottles

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Pomares Branco

In an explosion of aromas to meadow flowers, the green Reineta Apple and the peach of vines, balanced by the intense flavor of white pulp fruits, the lime, vibrant, fresh, and very long.

First Harvest: 2005

Winemakers: Jorge Alves and Sónia Pereira Vineyard
Varieties: Viosinho, Gouveio and Rabigato

Soils: Schist

Zone: Cima Corgo

Harvest: By hand

Yield level: 6500kg/ha
Alcohol: 13,50% Vol.

Additional Winemaking Notes: Unfiltered, Pneumatic pressing of entire grapes, Ages “sur lies fines” in steel vats for 4 months

Production: 60000 bottles

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Pomares Tinto

We experience modernity. This is a charming wine, in which the Douro is perceived in its fullness: red fruits that are combined with the toasted and sweet aromas of French oak barrels, we perceive a beautiful sensation of fruit in the flavor, which mixes in the succulent structure with round tannins and a fluid body. A long, tense, and persistent finish.

First Harvest: 2004

Winemakers: Jorge Alves and Sónia Pereira Vineyard
Varieties: Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, and Touriga Nacional

Soils: Schist

Zone: Cima Corgo

Harvest: By hand

Yield level: 6000kg/ha
Alcohol: 13,70% Vol.

Additional Winemaking Notes: Unfiltered, Aged in French oak barrels for 9 month

Production: 60000 bottles

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Terroir Blend Reserva

The wine’s intense color stimulates individual memories and transports us to the immense vineyard and rugged landscape of the Douro wine terraces. A broad journey of flavors is manifested through the density and strength of the pleasant and seductive aromas, with a more sophisticated side provided by the use of good French oak barrels. At the time of tasting it closes with a muscular structure and a juicy texture that intertwine with the body of the wine, providing for a tense, long, and deep finish.

First Harvest: 2015

Winemakers: Jorge Alves and Sónia Pereira Vineyard
Varieties: Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, Tinto Cão and Touriga Nacional

Soils: Schist

Zone: Cima Corgo

Harvest: By hand

Yield level: 3500kg/ha
Alcohol: 14,00% Vol.

Additional Winemaking Notes: Unfiltered, aged in French oak barrels for 6 months

Production: 80000 bottles

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Miribillis Tinto

Mirabilis Tinto mirrors the best vintage years at the Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, reflected in a dense, intense aroma and full-bodied wine, with tremendous physical persistence deep and very precise finish.

A wine that extends beyond our understanding ... and draws close to full human maturity.

First Harvest: 2000

Winemakers: Jorge Alves and Sónia Pereira Vineyard
Varieties: Tinta Amarela

Soils: Schist

Zone: Cima Corgo

Harvest: 100+-year-old vines harvest by hand

Yield level: 2800-3000kg/ha
Alcohol: 14,00% Vol.

Additional Winemaking Notes: Unfiltered, 80% destemmed Stage: Three “soustirages” and 6 months in a cave

Production: 4500 bottles

Ratings: 2017 - 96 - 98 Points Robert Parker

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