Region
Lisboa & Colares
In Colares, ungrafted Ramisco crawls across Atlantic dunes, its roots sunk through metres of sand to clay — a living pre-phylloxera relic.
Soils
Sand over clay; limestone
Climate
Atlantic, windswept
The estates
Other estates
4 estatesLisboa & Colares
Viúva Gomes
Almoçageme, Colares · Est. 1808
A tiled 19th-century adega holding ungrafted Ramisco on Atlantic sand — some of Europe's rarest wines.
Lisboa & Colares
Adega Regional de Colares
Banzão, Colares · Est. 1931
Portugal's oldest cooperative — a cathedral-like nave of giant mahogany vats, keeper of Colares' heritage.
Lisboa & Colares
Quinta do Monte d'Oiro
Alenquer · Est. 1986
José Bento dos Santos' estate, whose Rhône-inspired Syrah is one of Portugal's most decorated collector reds.
Lisboa & Colares
Quinta de Chocapalha
Aldeia Galega, Alenquer · Est. 16th century
A family-run historic quinta where winemaker Sandra Tavares da Silva crafts some of Lisbon's most refined wines.