Maritávora

About Winery and Wines

Maritávora - Investimentos, Lda, was founded, resulting from the desire to provide an entrepreneurial structure to a family activity that has more than 150 years of history and tradition. In the middle of the 19th century, José Junqueiro Júnior, father of the poet Guerra Junqueiro, acquired a group of farms and properties in the Freixo de Espada-à-Cinta district, Douro, Portugal, most of which are still owned by his direct descendants. An old vineyard of white varieties planted by this ancestor at the end of the 19th century remains in production today. Maritávora Grande Reserva Old Vines White originates from this site.

Our vineyards are located in the upper Douro, in the district of Freixo de Espada-à-Cinta, within the International Douro Natural Park. The vineyards, located at an altitude of 500 meters occupy an area of about 14 hectares (35 acres). The red vineyards are between 15 and 60 years old. An old white vineyard is more than 100 years old.