The 2024 vintage in Portugal: a vintage of balance and finesse

The start of the 2024 season began with intense rainfall during the winter period (650 mm recorded from November 2023 to the end of March 2024), which replenished water reserves in the soils, a major factor for plant growth and breathing new life into the Douro landscape.

On soils essentially made up of schist for our red wines and granite for our white wines, this rainy winter enabled the vines to develop throughout the season without any notable difficulties, without any sanitary pressure and without any hydric constraints. There were no frosts and no long periods of intense heat, as was the case in 2022, except at the end of July, when temperatures still reached 40°C. What better way to allow the vines to express themselves fully?

The grapes ripened evenly and optimally, launching the harvest in the first week of September with our endemic Douro white varieties - rabigato, viosinho and gouveio.

Only 10 days later, the Touriga Nacional enters the cellar, having benefited from a few extra rays of sunshine to refine its tannins and enhance its color. The last grapes will enter the cellar at the end of September.

Initial tastings suggest wines with good acidity, promising freshness and very interesting aromatic complexity. This Upper Douro vintage will undoubtedly stand out for the finesse of its Touriga!

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