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Alentejo – the producers

Tamlyn Currin
Tamlyn Currin
Thursday 8 August 2013
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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 German investment...