Of an intense ruby colour, deep nose and great complexity, Quinta do
Côtto vinha do Dote, the new Montez Champalimaud's house wine has in its name
part of the story of the Douro family property.
Quinta do Côtto is located in the parish of Cidadelhe, Mesão Frio, and its
secular story takes us to the 14th century, to the first register of the family
Montez Champalimaud in Douro. With this family, there came the desire to make
wines to express the multiple micro-terroirs of the region. Outside the main
hull of the Quinta do Côtto wines, there is a vineyard of unique
characteristics: their vines, originated from 90 year-old vines with more than
30 varieties, are marked by a very low production, but of tremendous balance
and quality, with concentrated fruit, thanks to the combination of factors such
as the exposure South/West, the altitude of 140 metres and the schistose soil.
This vineyard came to the family through Rosa Carolina Pinto Barreiros’ dowry from
her marriage to Anthony Montez Champalimaud in 1865. Rose would found, in 1922,
the company Montez Champalimaud limited. In her honour, this old Vineyard has
been carefully restored and baptized symbolically as vinha do dote (Dowry vineyard). From this unique crib, Quinta do
Côtto vinha do Dote was produced. A wine with some spice, notes of graphite,
black fruit and berries that open the palate,
showing good volume, ripe tannins and lots of freshness to balance the
set. Long and persistent end.
