The Story
Charme is a rare wine from the Douro, its elegance and complexity combined with the smooth tannins are unique in expressing old sheltered vineyards from Vale Mendiz in the heart of the Douro area in the Pinhão Valley. All the small details involving the production of Charme turn the final result very difficult to achieve. In the end, only the best barrels are chosen to be bottled as Charme.
The whole bunches were lightly crushed in granite ...
Vintage 2020
The 2020 wine vintage in Portugal was an incredibly low-yielding, heatwave-driven, and highly concentrated year that ultimately produced small quantities of exceptionally powerful and rich wines. The growing season was plagued by an intensely hot and bone-dry summer, culminating in a scorching July that caused many grapevines to shut down to preserve moisture, drastically cutting down total crop sizes. In the Douro Valley, this heat resulted i...
