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Cortes de Cima, Alentejo Tinto, 2020

Red Wine from Other Portugal, Portugal
by Cortes de Cima
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This red represents a deliberate departure from Alentejo's heavy-handed, high-alcohol tradition toward something that reveals mineral character and sophistication. A blend of Syrah, Touriga Franca, Trincadeira, and Alicante Bouschet grown on clay-limestone in the Vidigueira sub-zone, with terroir consultation from Pedro Parra. Anna Jorgensen's low-intervention philosophy and organic practices produce a wine of complexity and balance that rewards thoughtful drinking. This is Alentejo reimagined.

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Robert Parker

91 points

"The 2020 Tinto is the estate blend of Syrah, Touriga Franca, Trincadeira Preta and Alicante Bouschet from a selection of one of their best plots in Vidigueira, which has been in the process of conversion to organic farming since the previous year. The grapes were picked at night, put through a sorting table and then fermented with 30% full clusters and indigenous yeasts in stainless steel with two weeks of maceration and a soft extraction. It matured in used 225- ad 500-liter barrels for one year. This was the beginning of the change. It has a note of ripe berries, aromatic herbs, flowers and spices and an earthy twist. It has a medium-bodied palate with round tannins and integrated acidity. It comes in at 13.5% alcohol. 20,300 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2022." —Luis Gutiérrez

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More about Cortes de Cima

Cortes de Cima is an Alentejo estate that has reinvented itself in a single generation. It made its name with big, sunny reds; today it is one of southern Portugal's most interesting experiments in regenerative farming and low-intervention winemaking.

Hans Jørgensen, a Dane, and his American wife Carrie arrived in the Alentejo in 1988 and settled in Vidigueira, planting their first vines in 1991 and making their first wine in 1996. They didn't follow local custom. Their Syrah, released in 1998, was the first in the Alentejo, made before the grape was even approved there. Later they added vineyards on the coast near Vila Nova de Milfontes, about three kilometers from the Atlantic.

In 2019 their daughter Anna Jørgensen took over. She trained in Adelaide and worked in the Rhône, California and Australia. She cut the vineyards from about 240 hectares to under 100, keeping the vines best suited to dry farming, brought in sheep to graze between the rows, restored olive groves and cork forest, and won organic certification. Inland, clay over granite and limestone gives the reds; the sandy coastal soils give saltier whites from Alvarinho, Arinto and Loureiro. Steel, used oak and some whole clusters have replaced the old polish. The wines are fresher than the Alentejo's reputation suggests, and all the better for it.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Petit Verdot , Syrah , Tempranillo , Touriga Nacional

  • Vintage

    2020

  • Size

    750ml

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Polaner Selections has to say about this wine:

Varietals

Red Blend

Varietal Notes

Syrah and Touriga Franca

Vineyard

This red is made from their best estate Syrah and Touriga Franca in Vidigueira.

Orientation

Inland vineyards.

Soil

A mix of granite and limestone rich soils.

Viticulture

Organic and regenerative farming. Harvests are done by hand and at night.

Vinification

The wine is fermented spontaneously with 30% whole cluster and gentle extractions.

Aging

The wine ages in used French oak 225L and 500L barrels for 12 months before blending and spending an additional 12 months in stainless steel.

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Pair with roasted lamb, beef with herbs, or aged cheeses. The mineral structure and moderate tannins suit Mediterranean preparations.

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