MONTE VELHO WINERY
Constructed in 1987, this winery was designed to use gravity to the maximum and reduce the use of pumps, the distance between the different operations and minimize the effect on the grapes quality.
In 2018 it was renewed and modernized to assure an increase in production capacity and potentiate the quality of the red wines produced, mainly that of the iconic Monte Velho.
WHITE WINES WINERY
Designed and built in 2002 in order to offer two different types of vinification: one for larger volume wines, like Defesa and Monte Velho, and another for the higher quality segment, like the Single Varieties, Esporão Reserva and Esporão Private Selection wines.
Boasting an efficient refrigeration system, pneumatic presses and stainless steel vats with different capacities, this winery offers us the chance to work with the grapes while respecting and enhancing the natural characteristics of the fruit.
The winery has a cellar where the white wine ferments and matures in oak, sometimes subject to bâttonage – which involves stirring the lees to give greater body and complexity.
ADEGA DOS LAGARES (LAGARES WINERY)
Adega dos Lagares was rebuilt in 2015 with the aim of making small volumes of wine and returning to the origins of winemaking, taking advantage of all the resources at Herdade do Esporão.
This winery, in balance with nature, is home to detailed wine production. In addition to its detailed architecture - "in rammed earth", with the clay soil of the estate - it is equipped with temperature-controlled lagares, a vertical press and a selection of barrels from the best cooperages in the world.
It's a place where you can feel a special atmosphere and where unique wines such as Esporão Private Selection red, Esporão Colheita red, our single varietals and talha wines are born.