Quinta Nova Luxury Winery House

About Winery and Wines

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 its first owner in 1725. The winery produced more than 3,500 barrels of wine from neighboring estates and it was soon 'integrated in 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.

Traditional varieties, schist soil and an absolutely unique microclimate form the natural conditions to develop a sustainable project, respecting the terroir and creating a true harmony between culture and wine traditions, combined with new experiences, knowledge and market trends. Nature is without doubt the root of all good wines and that’s why at Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo the harvest is done by hand and there are no two harvests, no two working days or no two grape bunches the same. Still in our 1764 winery, one of the oldest in the Douro region, the grapes are hand selected with respect to their natural maturation in with the aim of achieving a perfect balance between structure and aroma thus creating fine and elegant wines, strong in character and fresh. The oenological rigor and the diversity of different 42 vineyard plots forced an alliance of traditional processes and sophisticated technology, adding two fully mechanized presses, wine fermentation tanks with different systems and more recently, the design of a small "Atelier" in ancient granite lagares - a small manual cellar that treats wines as study works to become the «grande reservas» of the house, all unique wines, authentic and high-quality, in a total of about 300000L. Balance, harmony and authenticity are our slogans!