Tasting Notes

Native grapes can reach new heights when blended. Made from Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and Alicante Bouchet, this warm and mellow wine finishes with gentle tannins-perfect! A modern touch of vanilla (from barrel aging) combines with dark chocolate and black cherry in this surprising, amber-colored wine. Drink now.

Winery Story

Traipse around Europe and you'll find evidence of Roman occupation. From aqueducts to temples, remains of their civilization are dotted among the landscape. Their agricultural traditions infected the occupied lands, too, all the way down to the types of crops.

It's well known that the Romans, like seemingly all Italians, loved wine. So, when a Roman noble created his agricultural estate (latifundia), he introduced wheat, barley, olive trees, and of course grapevines. While grain was planted in the most fertile soils, vines were grown on (preferably sunny) hillsides and gradually overtook the olive tree groves and cork oak woods.

Quinta do Carmo, Monte do Palmeiro was formed in this tradition, with a vineyard of 150 hectares and a total area of more than 1,000 hectares that still includes olive trees, cork oak trees and forests. In the 1980s, although the wines were well known throughout Portugal, the vineyard was in decline. In 1992, Domaines Barons de Rothschild-Lafite took over Quinta do Carmo from the Bastos family, with the aim of bringing about its renaissance. They combined their international knowledge with the firm foundation of Alejentian grapes to create an international style.