Quinta da Carolina | Região demarcada do Douro
The complexity coupled with elegance a genuine Douro character and unique style. The Quinta is located in the DOC region of the Douro Valley, in the left hand of the Douro river in the Cima Corgo sub-region, 4km south of Pinhão.
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Quinta da Carolina
The Quinta is located in the DOC region of the Douro Valley, in the left hand of the Douro river in the Cima Corgo sub-region, 4km south of Pinhão.
Property of the family Cândido da Silva, Quinta da Carolina owns old vineyards, with the typical varieties from Douro Valley, with 30 to 40 years old, all exposed north and classified with the letter A.
Since the end of the 90’s, by the hand of the well-known Californian winemaker Jerry Luperd, and nowadays by the hand of the winemaker Luís Pedro Cândido da Silva, Quinta da Carolina has a limit production and a philosophy of sincere, maximum quality wines.
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This property on the left bank of the Douro River once belonged to Jerry Luper, winemaker at Companhia Velha, he was the one who polished the brand but the new owner decided to keep the previous name, having meanwhile created a 2nd brand that is only called Carolina.”
"A Genuine Douro. With many decades of success in the commercialization of wines, the Cândido da Silva family had the sensitivity to look at the old vineyard at Quinta da Carolina and decide for a minimalist approach: there it is necessary to preserve the" terroir " . "
We want to make exclusive production wines, garage wines, resulting from meticulous choices, the result of a rigorous selection. We have a very conscious project. “
“A great garage wine from the Douro. There are few producers who still make small, almost exclusive editions from their own grapes. They are few but still exist. One of them is Quinta da Carolina ..”
“Carolina, a princess who grows slowly but is safe among the great Douro Barons. The rest I leave to your imagination.”
