Quinta Dona Sancha presents new features in a night of glamour 

 Growth in the supply of monovarietal wines, to which new harvests are added and with an eye on the future with wine tourism, are the bets for 2024. In 2023, Quinta Dona Sancha expands its Wine Collection with the launch of a new monovarietal – Quinta Dona Sancha Touriga Nacional 2019 – alongside the new harvests. The news will be presented on October 27th at Pousada de Viseu, at the 2nd Quinta Dona Sancha Gala, an event that marks the growth of the brand and its estate. 

 The farms, in Silgueiros, will have an additional 9 hectares of vineyard planted with rootstock[1] in 2023. In the period of one year, the total area increased. 6 varieties were grafted – Bába, Tinta Pinheira, Tinto Cao, Tinta Carvalha, Encruzado and Grava Cao – into an area already planted, with the aim of preserving the region’s indigenous grape varieties, which have a high oenological potential. The project continues to grow, with wine tourism expected to open soon. 

According to Rui Parente, producer and CEO, «it is a great pleasure to bring together, at an event in Viseu, the people who contribute to the growth of this project, from distribution and restaurant partners, friends, family, to the winemaking team, field team, commercial, everyone represents a prominent place and this celebration has that same thing, of recognition and gratitude». For the person responsible, it is of absolute importance to «respect, praising what this unique territory has to offer», referring to Dão and the Silgueiros Sub-Region. 

With the curricular experience of the oenology team, made up of Paulo Nunes, Diogo Santos and Filipe Oliveira, which encompasses the areas of consultancy, oenology and viticulture; exploring in depth the genesis of plants that were once predominant in the region became a more consolidated objective. The aim is to maintain the «application of ancient viticulture models, which were successful in their time, transporting them, in the light of science, to the present day», they say, mentioning the project to recover ancient Dão grape varieties through planting of some varieties in significant quantities.