Casal de Ramilo ‘Colheita’ Tinto 2021
Location: Portugal, Lisbon
Winemaker: Ramilo family
Grapes: 50% Castelao 25% Aragonez 25% Touriga Nacional
From the Importer NLC Wines: West and north of the city of Lisbon, the Lisboa wine region was until recently known as Estremadura. The region boasts one of the largest productions of wine in the country, in a very wide variety of styles and qualities. Besides the "vinho regional" Lisboa also has nine DOC.
Lisboa is a long, thin region running up beside the Atlantic. Wind is inevitably a strong feature beside the coast – no wonder that these undulating hills bristle with windmills, and no wonder that coastal vines are wind-stressed and hard pressed to ripen their grapes. Just a little way inland, however, a backbone of hill and mountain ranges offers some protection to many eastern parts of the Lisboa region.
A number of the top wine estates of Lisboa are in or around the DOC region of Alenquer, tucked in to the east of the Serra de Montejunto, and therefore a little warmer, a little less windy and wet. Grapes can ripen well, and red wines especially can be top class.
Since 1937, the Ramilo family has been producing wines in one of the most privileged privileged locations in the Lisbon region. Between Colares and Mafra, these Atlantic wines are created where the influence of the sea, combined with the influence of the hills develop a unique micro‐climate. This temperate climate paired with the rocky soils of the region, enables the creation of unique wines, both fresh and balanced.
2019 marks the launch of a new project for the Ramilo family - wines from the tiny but precious DOC of Colares. These wines will redefine what we knew about this rare region of wines made with pre-phylloxera vines on the sandy hills of Sintra.
Location: Portugal, Lisbon
Winemaker: Ramilo family
Grapes: 50% Castelao 25% Aragonez 25% Touriga Nacional
From the Importer NLC Wines: West and north of the city of Lisbon, the Lisboa wine region was until recently known as Estremadura. The region boasts one of the largest productions of wine in the country, in a very wide variety of styles and qualities. Besides the "vinho regional" Lisboa also has nine DOC.
Lisboa is a long, thin region running up beside the Atlantic. Wind is inevitably a strong feature beside the coast – no wonder that these undulating hills bristle with windmills, and no wonder that coastal vines are wind-stressed and hard pressed to ripen their grapes. Just a little way inland, however, a backbone of hill and mountain ranges offers some protection to many eastern parts of the Lisboa region.
A number of the top wine estates of Lisboa are in or around the DOC region of Alenquer, tucked in to the east of the Serra de Montejunto, and therefore a little warmer, a little less windy and wet. Grapes can ripen well, and red wines especially can be top class.
Since 1937, the Ramilo family has been producing wines in one of the most privileged privileged locations in the Lisbon region. Between Colares and Mafra, these Atlantic wines are created where the influence of the sea, combined with the influence of the hills develop a unique micro‐climate. This temperate climate paired with the rocky soils of the region, enables the creation of unique wines, both fresh and balanced.
2019 marks the launch of a new project for the Ramilo family - wines from the tiny but precious DOC of Colares. These wines will redefine what we knew about this rare region of wines made with pre-phylloxera vines on the sandy hills of Sintra.
Location: Portugal, Lisbon
Winemaker: Ramilo family
Grapes: 50% Castelao 25% Aragonez 25% Touriga Nacional
From the Importer NLC Wines: West and north of the city of Lisbon, the Lisboa wine region was until recently known as Estremadura. The region boasts one of the largest productions of wine in the country, in a very wide variety of styles and qualities. Besides the "vinho regional" Lisboa also has nine DOC.
Lisboa is a long, thin region running up beside the Atlantic. Wind is inevitably a strong feature beside the coast – no wonder that these undulating hills bristle with windmills, and no wonder that coastal vines are wind-stressed and hard pressed to ripen their grapes. Just a little way inland, however, a backbone of hill and mountain ranges offers some protection to many eastern parts of the Lisboa region.
A number of the top wine estates of Lisboa are in or around the DOC region of Alenquer, tucked in to the east of the Serra de Montejunto, and therefore a little warmer, a little less windy and wet. Grapes can ripen well, and red wines especially can be top class.
Since 1937, the Ramilo family has been producing wines in one of the most privileged privileged locations in the Lisbon region. Between Colares and Mafra, these Atlantic wines are created where the influence of the sea, combined with the influence of the hills develop a unique micro‐climate. This temperate climate paired with the rocky soils of the region, enables the creation of unique wines, both fresh and balanced.
2019 marks the launch of a new project for the Ramilo family - wines from the tiny but precious DOC of Colares. These wines will redefine what we knew about this rare region of wines made with pre-phylloxera vines on the sandy hills of Sintra.