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Viniculture
Lavrador Wine - Vineyards with a mix of white and red grapes varieties and vinified together in lagar for 10 days. One year stay in 400 litre barrel
Wine maker
Mateus Nicolau de Almeida was Portugal's Young Wine maker of the year in 2014. He and his celebrated wine maker wife Teresa Amatzoy work together to produce their amazing wines. Mateus says "Curral Teles is where I have my Quinta. In these wines I work essentially in the human influence in the wine. From the type of variety, ways of planting, vinification, elevage, etc.
These wines are made in small quantities that reflect the experiences made in the cellar and are not produced every year. They are classified with Greek alphabet in honour of the experiences that were made in the Greek academies.
Mateus Nicolau de Almeida, comes from a family long associated with the Douro. With two new projects which are as exciting as anything his family has done in the past: the Trans Douro Express, and the Eremitas (Hermits).
Mateus’ grandfather made Barca Velha, arguably the most iconic and historically important dry wine made in the Douro, paving the way for all that came after him. More recently, in 1994, Mateus’ father, João Nicolau de Almeida, created Quinta do Monte Xisto in a vineyard he planted in Vila Nova Foz da Côa, in the Douro Superior. Mateus uses organic, and biodynamic practices in his vineyeards.