Pinhal da Torre
Pinhal da Torre is a Portuguese wine maker from Tejo Region, owned by Saturnino Cunha family, which has dedicated several generations to wine production.
Pinhal da Torre owns two estates, located in Alpiarça, Ribatejo: Quinta do Alqueve and Quinta de São João. All its wine is ultimately manufactured on the latter, in a 1950s historical winery that is currently being renewed by the Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld.
Pinhal da Torre uses mainly Portuguese grape varieties such as Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, Trincadeira, Castelão, Arinto and Fernão Pires, which can be combined perfectly with foreign grape varieties such as Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
International reviews
The most internationally acclaimed Pinhal da Torre’s wine brand is Quinta do Alqueve.
Robert Kacher, a wine expert in the United States who only works with French wines, allowed one single exception to Pinhal da Torre’s Quinta do Alqueve.
The Wine Enthusiast Magazine has reviewed Quinta do Alqueve 2003 has an “Editors Choice” and has said that it’s a “Powerful and impressive wine”.
The Parker’s Wine Buyers Guide says about the same wine that it is “one of the most interesting Tejo’s wines we’ve ever tasted”.
The 2008 Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book describes Pinhal da Torre’s wines as “Rising stars”.
The wines produced by Pinhal da Torre are sold in 18 countries: Angola, Belgium, Brazil, Cape Verde, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.
Social awareness
Pinhal da Torre was the first Portuguese wine producer to use Braille language in its bottles. It was also pioneer in Portugal on the launch of an aid relief campaign in Facebook towards Haiti’s reconstruction, which all revenues were redirected to the Portuguese NGO Oikos projects at the island.