From our Importer: Nuno is a first generation winemaker from an agricultural family. He studied agricultural engineering and fell in love with wines in college. Admittedly, he finds vines to be more interesting than cows. So he found his way to viticulture and then moved on to winemaking and from there fell very fast for the old clones that made distinctly better wines than he found around him. Often it is one bottle of great wine moves people into action, but specifically a dust-covered bottle of Baga, found in the garage of a local farmer during a bit of vineyard negotiation propelled Nuno from curiosity into perpetual motion. Despite the farmer not recalling the exact age, it was clearly old enough to be forgotten, made for household consumption and uncorked for some time already.... and yet it sang as if it was young and well kept in a pristine cellar. He thought then, if the grape could be this good, this old, without human care, then the vines that made it must be super stuff. And so the hunt began....

Mira do Ó
Mira do Ó wines seek to attain perfect sense of balance with the utmost respect for nature. At its core is the hunt for perfect grapes, found in various locations where the forgotten clones are hidden in the cool climate fo the Dão and a tiny sub-zone called Bucelas.. Encruzado and Arinto share the spotlight. Winemaking takes place in a small stone cellar in the middle of the vineyard with minimal intervention highlighting the grapes and special terroir. The tinto vines grow Jaen, Alfroscheiro, Touriga Nacional. The individual wines are named in reference to the vison and observation of nature: the Seer & the Druid

The viniculture is widely varied in technique, all according to the best expression of varietal, vintage and place. In other words, no set recipe leaving room to create pleasure. At the minimum however, grapes are hand picked and sorted. fermentations occur naturally. There is always a delicate hand in extraction and oak barrels are used only to enhance, not overwhelm, the natural beauty of the fruit.

The “Caminhante”(walker) symbolizes the various paths that we can follow in the vineyards and in the cellar in search of our wines. It stands for the more experimental side of wine production and the discovery of different things. It reminds us that walking the path is as or more important than the destination. In 2019 we followed a path that led us to recover something that has always been done in the Dão region: the blend of white and red grapes Fermentation in open “lagares” with foot treading. Malolactic fermentation in vat. further aged 9 months in used 500 liter barrels. Bottling in early summer. 1200 Bottles made

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