The “Quinta da Moita Longa”, located in the district of Lisbon, was one of the places chosen by the Templars when, persecuted by Philip IV, known as “Philip the Fair”, they were received in secret in Portugal in 1307.
Passionate about the vineyard and the wine-making process, the Knights passed on their knowledge to the Order of the Cistercians who, in Quinta da Moita Longa, eroded the lands using the knowledge brought by the Templars from the Middle East.
So, with new planting technologies, there was, even before Italy, a new art of producing some of the best wines in Europe.
The Moita Longa brand has selected wines having the profile of those of Quinta da Moita Longa, awarded in 1900 at the Exposition Universelle in Paris and in 1915 at the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition.
Le nom Alentejo vient de sa position géographique « au-delà du Tage ». La région de production de l’Alentejo s’étend sur une immense partie du sud du Portugal, jusqu’à la frontière espagnole.
Le vignoble se déploie du sud de Lisbonne jusqu’à la région côtière de l’Algarve. L’argile rouge constitue la majorité des sols viticoles dans le sud, mais on trouve également des schistes et du granit. Dans l’est de la région, les vignes sont cultivées en altitude jusqu’à 700 m.
Son climat est un mélange d’influences continentales et méditerranéennes avec des printemps et des étés particulièrement chauds et secs avec peu de précipitations.
L’irrigation est d’ailleurs essentielle pour l’agriculture et la viticulture, vers l’intérieur des terres.
The name Alentejo comes from its geographical position “beyond the Tagus”. The Alentejo production region extends over a huge part of southern Portugal, up to the Spanish border.
The vineyard extends from the south of Lisbon to the coastal region of the Algarve. Red clay makes up the majority of wine-growing soils in the south, but shale and granite are also found. In the eastern part of the region, the vines are cultivated at an altitude of up to 700m.
Its climate is a mix of continental and Mediterranean influences with a particularly hot and dry spring season and summers with little rainfall. Irrigation is also essential for inland agriculture and viticulture.
It’s hardly surprising that Alentejo wines are often featured on the wine lists of Lisbon restaurants, and now we offer you the possibility to enjoy our exceptional wines at home.
Find our cellar and our current selections.
