More about the harvest

The harvest continues in the Dão. Yesterday, in the vineyard of Tonda, António was picking up 200 fruits of different grapes to see if they are already perfect to be collected.

Silver Medal / Decanter World Wine Awards 2009

CASA de MOURAZ, Dão DOC 2007: " Excellent complexity and intense red fruit aromas. Strong body and good acidity. Elegant, persistent finish." in Decanter, October 2009

Silver Medal / Decanter World Wine Awards 2009

CASA de MOURAZ Private Selection, Dão DOC 2006: "Tight nose with underlying new oak, then a big, ripe, firm fruit palate, some chocolate notes and ripe tannins. Good length- needs time." in Decanter, October 2009.

Harvest in the Douro

At home now, after 3 days doing the harvest in the Douro. At the same time, António continues the harvest in the Dão. My son António came with me, 3 days climbing and climbing, and doing naps under the shadows of the olive trees and making picnics...

Start with the red wines in the Dão

Yesterday we've start to harvest the red grapes in the Dão. These pictures has been taken at the end of the day.

Harvest time III

The whites of CASA de MOURAZ started the fermentation now. Now it's time to taste the red grapes in the vineyards and analize it to decide when to start with the red wines. António does kilometers in the vineyards to pick up grapes and taste it. In the Douro it's harder, he needs to climb a lot!!

Harvest time II

More about the harvest. We finishid the whites in the Dão and we did the first "lagar" in the Douro Valley - 4000 kg of beautiful grapes, Touriga-Franca, Touriga-Nacional and others. The "corte do lagar" was done Sunday, we did some pictures. It's 3 hours treading under foot the grapes in the "lagar", the first 2 hours very military, the last one with free movements.