All of our wines are bought to you by engineless Cargo Ships therefore our transport is carbon negative, making our wines as good as local.
Grapes
Encruzado, Malvasia Fina, Cerceal, Bical and Verdelho
Profile
A wine with a a contemporary style, having an elegant and intense profile. The wines show the character of the selected vineyard parcels on the Estate. A unique and authentic wine: an imprint of the Dao's Soul
Vinification
Harvested by hand into small boxes the grapes are then hand selected. Complete stalk removal followed by gentle crushing. Cold static decantation for 24 hours, Co-fermentation in cement vats with temperature control between 15 and 20 degrees centigrade.
We work with a fantastic terrior,we try to enhance it. Granite soils, high thermal altitude of our vineyard 440m plus and only use Portuguese grapes.
Wine maker
The wine project starts with about 1 hectare of vineyard next to Dão, to kiss the river. Today, the vineyard is 12 years old. The first wine was born in 1999, with grapes bought to join the (very few) that existed. The Lagar de Darei brand is born. In 2003 and after land liberation, another 6 hectares of vineyards were planted, with only Portuguese grape varieties typical of Dão, now with Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Jaen, Alfrocheiro, Encruzado, Malvasia, Bical, Cercial, Verdelho and Arinto. The vines are grown in organic farming.
The wines of 'Casa de Darei' and 'Lagar de Darei' are the pure expression of Dão's terroir that the family wants authentic and true. Wines that do not follow fashions.