The vineyards, located at a unique altitude (700-750 metres), bring together the region’s characteristic varieties and comprise three plots with distinct profiles: Alvandeira, with clay-loam soils; Souto, with transitional granite-schist soils; and Lameiras, with granite and quartz. Organic production, a <em>terroir</em> steeped in history, and the setting between the Douro, Côa and Águeda rivers give the wines from this estate a truly unique profile. Fresh grapes harvested at optimal ripeness, selected from plots 7 and 8 in the Alvandeira vineyard, were hand-picked into 20 kg crates and taken to the winery, where they were whole-cluster pressed in a pneumatic press. Fermentation took place in stainless steel, followed by 9 months of ageing on fine lees in French and Hungarian oak barrels.