An excellent 1998 harvest produced at Herdade do Cebolal
Herdade do Cebolal is located on the Costa Alentejana, at the southern end of the demarcated region of the Setúbal Peninsula, near the village of Vale das Éguas about 17 kilometers from Cacém and 10 kilometers from the Atlantic.
<p></p><p>A family business with almost two centuries of history that, without ever resting on the glories conquered, has been able to modernize. José Maria da Fonseca has been operating wine since 1834, the fruit of the shared passion of a family that has been able to preserve and project the memory and prestige of its founder</p>
<p></p><p><span style="font-family:'din-next-w01-light', 'din-next-w02-light', 'din-next-w10-light', sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">Tasting the essence of Palmela’s wine at its best is the promise of Quinta do Piloto. A promise based on excellent terroirs, where persist old vineyards of traditional varieties, as Castelão and Moscatel. Vinified by ancestral methods, the wines from Quinta do Piloto are elegant, complex and charismatic; its character is a result from our best vines and small quantities of grapes chosen by excellence.</span></p>
<p></p><p><span style="font-family:'din-next-w01-light', 'din-next-w02-light', 'din-next-w10-light', sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;">Tasting the essence of Palmela’s wine at its best is the promise of Quinta do Piloto. A promise based on excellent terroirs, where persist old vineyards of traditional varieties, as Castelão and Moscatel. Vinified by ancestral methods, the wines from Quinta do Piloto are elegant, complex and charismatic; its character is a result from our best vines and small quantities of grapes chosen by excellence.</span></p>
<p></p> <p>The vineyards of Herdade de Pegos Claros have about 40 hectares and are integrated in a total area of about 540 hectares whose occupation is national and international references of what was best produced as DOC Palmela.</p>
<p></p><p><span>Herdade do Portocarro lies within the demarcated Península de Setúbal.</span></p> <p><span>The name is self-explanatory because it contains all the potential, characteristics and unique terroir of the Herdade do Portocarro, the origin of the whole project</span></p>