UINTA DA PEÇA

The origins of the Quinta date back to the 18th century. The original owners kept on buying parcels of land and increasing the size of the Quinta.

In Portugal every parcel of land has the name of the owner associated with it. After a while it becomes difficult to keep track of all these names, therefore a new name is applied to the Quinta. Since this particular one was made up of many parcels, it was assigned the name "Quinta das Pessas", translated as a "Domain" or Estate of Parcels. (Pessas translates as "Pieces of Land" or "Parcels of Land".)

Over the years and with the development of the Portuguese language, the double consonant "ss" was substituted in the common language by "ç". Now that the parcel was all one Domain, the plural could be dropped and we now have “Quinta da Peça”.

As far back as the early 1900's there is a record of Wines and Port Wines produced and bottled at the Quinta. We were fortunate to have found in the archives of the local museum, one bottle of Port produced in the year 1949 as part of a lot of 700 bottles donated as charity for an auction to raise money for the local hospital. The bottle belongs to the museum, therefore you cannot taste it!

Fortunately, we are now producing and have available the new generation of Ports "Quinta da Peça "for your enjoyment and delight! As good as those 699 bottles produced in the distant past. (I wonder if the patients in the hospital got a taste of it).

QUINTA: a farm, an area of land ranging in size from a modest small holding to a vast estate.

SINGLE QUINTA: Wines and Portos produced exclusively with the grapes grown at the estate, vinification carried on site at the Quinta, and the final product stored and bottled on the premises. First conditions towards great wines.

QUINTA DA PEÇA: a reality in the Douro Superior. A vast estate of 100 Ha with a variety of soils and altitudes ranging from 200 to 550 metres. Each parcel of land imparting its own authenticity to the grape vines creating a very complex wine. Only the best regional grapes are used for our Red Wines and Portos: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca And Tinta Roriz.