For the background to this Alentejo trip, see The Alentejo on a plate. The tasting notes for the wines made by these producers can be found in Julia’s Portuguese marathon – Alentejo.
Herdade dos Grous, Albernoa
The first wine estate we visited was the huge 730-ha estate of Herdade dos Grous. The long drive, flanked by a manicured lawns and venerable olive trees, heads up to the hotel and restaurant. The estate is over a hundred years old, and has been massively restored in the last 30 years by the hotel group Vila Vita Parc, owned by the...