ADEGA DE BORBA 

Since 1955

Founded in 1955, Adega de Borba was the first of a series of wineries settled in the Alentejo region. Nowadays the Adega de Borba brings together 300 associates whose vineyards cover a total area of 2,000 hectares, 70% of which is cultivated with red grape varieties and 30% with white ones. Constantly striving for the for reinforcement of the quality of their products the Adega de Borba Coop is currently developing an ambitious project to bring the winegrower closer to the winery so to bring out the passion of making great wines in him. After the selection and keeping of the best grape varieties and the acquisition of modern equipment, Adega de Borba believes that the commitment of the winegrower with the wine production is the only ingredient necessary to improve its products even further and achieve the full potential that the region has to produce outstanding wines.

The excellent quality of the grapes from the 2011 harvest allowed Adega de Borba to produce – for the third time – a limited edition of the wine “Rótulo de Cortiça” with the designation Grande Reserva.This wine was produced from from two of the most emblematic and important varieties - Trincadeira and Alicante Bouschet - cultivated in schist soils in the oldest vineyards of the Borba region. The harvest was performed manually and the grapes were destemmed and fermented at controlled temperatures in stainless steel wine mills (largares). Malolactic fermentation in new French oak barrels at controlled temperatures. Good aromatic intensity with notes of forest fruits, chocolate, tobacco and toast. 

Borba is a very old settlement, dating back to the era of the Roman occupation (1st/2nd Century AD.), located in the heart of the Alentejo at an altitude of about 416 meters in the depth of a circular valley – thus benefiting from a specific microclimate – and in the middle of the calcareous massif that characterises the northern Alentejo, better known as the region of marble. Discover this magnificent wines from Adega de Borba: