The 2024 harvest surprised us with wines of exceptional quality, being one of the most exciting in recent years: the maturation of the grapes was slow and balanced. All of this bodes well for the 2024 harvest with magnificent bottle aging potential.
This year we started harvesting Alvarinho on the 23rd of August – in over 40 years, this is the earliest we have ever started harvesting the grape variety we focused on. Each year has specific characteristics and we had to adapt: if the year advances the vineyard, we advance the harvest.
Harvest is always a time to celebrate, it’s the time to reap the fruit of a whole year’s work. For us, this year was even more special because it’s our 40th anniversary.
This year the uncertainty in the vineyard was a constant, allowing in the end to reinforce a greater certainty: even in a year full of difficulties, our viticulture team and the more than 150 families of winegrowers who work with Soalheiro managed, once again, to produce grapes of unique quality resulting from the knowledge of generations that, together with the inimitable natural conditions, give rise to this unique territory and special wines made by so many hands.
A perfect harvest, with the conviction that in Soalheiro the year 2020 will be forever associated with resilience, team spirit, consistency and also with a special optimism based on the extraordinary quality of the grapes with which the vineyards of our Pur Terroir have presented us.
