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QUINTA DO SANGUINHAL
ADDRESS
Quinta das Cerejeiras – Apartado 5
2544-909 Bombarral – Portugal
Telephone: +351 262 609 190
E-Mail: enoturismo@vinhos-sanguinhal.pt
www.vinhos-sanguinhal.pt
QUINTA DO SANGUINHAL
Grapes from Quinta do Sanguinhal are used to produce the following wines: Quinta do Sanguinhal DOC Óbidos, Sôttal and Sanguinhal varietals.
Vineyards are planted on gentle slopes of sandy-clay soils.
The varieties found on these vineyards are:
White – Moscatel Graúdo, Sauvignon Blanc, Vital and Verdelho
Red – Castelão, Touriga Nacional, Syrah, Aragonez, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon
The owners of Quinta do Sanguinhal – the Pereira da Fonseca family – welcome thousand of wine tourists every year.
The estate holds one of the oldest distilleries in the region, with beautiful column copper alembic stills, and old granite cellars with wood and granite screw presses, one of which dating from 1871.
Finally, Quinta do Sanguinhal is where liquor and spirits produced by the company age either in wood barrels or bottles.
Our company produces wine since the beginning of the 20th century.
The growing interest in wine related tourism has led us to establish tourist visits that would allows to share a little of this ancient know-how and provide at the same time a pleasant visit in a unique environment.
The Pereira de Fonseca Family personally invites and welcomes you at Quinta do Sanguinhal.
On your visit, you will travel through 100 years of Portuguese wine making. We provide an enjoyable alternative to the usual circuits.
The Wine Tourism program includes:
– Walking to the vineyards and to the 19th century gardens around the family house.
– Visit an old distillery that was in use until 1970. There were produced brandies and grappa.
– Visit a pressing-room with stone and wood manual winepresses dated 1871;
– Visit an ageing cellar of liquor wines and brandies with 36 barrels.
– Taste 7 wines.