Taste & ExperienceInnovative Winemaking
Cortém is an organic boutique winery producing several different red wines and “Orange Wines” (white wine fermented on skins), all with unique and interesting flavours.
Discover OurAward Winning Wines
Cortém enters several wine contests each year and has won medals at the International Wine Challenge, Mundus Vini and Berliner Wine Trophy.
2017Cortém Pinot Noir
- Tasting notesA very strong but extremely elegant wine. To enjoy on its own or with cheese, sausage or meat dishes.
- VinificationHarvest by hand, de-stemmed and fermented for 3 to 4 weeks in 1000L wine tubs with manual press each day. When fermentation is complete it is pressed by using a traditional manual wine press. Aged in stainless steel tanks. No oak or additives were used, with very low sulphite levels.
2017Cortém Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon
- Tasting notesIt goes very well with oven-baked fish dishes and well-seasoned meat dishes.
- AgeingAged in stainless steel tanks for 3 years. No additives and no filtration.
2018Sauvignon Blanc Viognier
- Tasting notesOur “Orange Wine” is a white wine vinified like a red wine, it is fermented in contact with the films for 10 days, hence its orange hue. To be enjoyed and savoured slowly, especially on the nose, as it will show its full aromatic potential over time. Great with cheese, pates or just by itself as an aperitif.
- AgeingAged in stainless steel tanks for 3 years. No additives and no filtration.
CortémVineyards
Were laid out and planted in fields not used for 30 years. The different grape varieties now grown in vineyards were sourced from Portugal and France and used for the blends that Cortém makes.
All the work at Cortém is done by a small team of local people.
growing in CortémOur Grapes
Whites
Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier
Reds
Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Jaen, Tinto Cao, Syrah, Aragonez, Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Tannat, Petit Verdot, Petite Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon.
