Cortes de Cima, Chamine Alentejano Tinto 2021

Touriga Franca, Tincadeira, Alicante Bouschet and Syrah

Alentejano, Portugal

Organic and regenerative farming. Harvests are done by hand at night. The wine is fermented spontaneously with 30% whole cluster and gentle extractions. The wine ages in old French oak for 12 months before blending and spending an additional 12 months in stainless steel. This red is made from their estate fruit in Vidigueria. 

In 2019, the dynamic Anna Jorgensen took over the winery from her parents (Carrie and Hans) and began a dramatic overhaul of the estate and the wines.  Environmental sustainability and low-intervention, terroir-driven wines are now her primary focus.  This has meant moving the viticultural practices over to ecological and regenerative agriculture practices.  She has also begun to incorporate aspects of biodynamics as well.  To achieve this, she has taken a “less-is-more” approach and dramatically reduced the number of hectares under vine.  Her parents had farmed 240 hectares and now she is under 100.