{"id":11071,"date":"2025-02-12T16:26:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T16:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quintadocrasto.wine\/quinta-crasto-presentation\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T17:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:48:28","slug":"quinta-crasto-presentation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.quintadocrasto.wine\/en\/quinta-crasto-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinta do Crasto Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Quinta do Crasto, S.A. is a Portuguese company dedicated to Douro and Port wine production. Its headquarters is in Gouvinhas, in the municipality of Sabrosa in Northern Portugal. This is the heart of the Douro Valley, the first demarcated and regulated wine region in the world, recognised as a World Heritage site by UNESCO<\/a> in 2001. Quinta do Crasto benefits from exceptional conditions for producing wines and olive oils of the highest possible quality. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t Each year, Quinta do Crasto produces around 1,500,000 bottles of Douro and Port wines. Sixty per cent is sold domestically and the rest is exported for 54 markets worldwide, on all continents.<\/p>\n In the last years, Quinta do Crasto has launched practically one new wine per year: In addition to wines, Quinta do Crasto also produces 65,000 bottles of extra virgin olive oil yearly from its own organic olive groves in the area of Cima Corgo (the Quinta do Crasto olive grove<\/a>, from which 15,000 bottles of Quinta do Crasto Premium<\/a> are produced) and Douro Superior (the Quinta da Cabreira olive grove<\/a> from which 50,000 bottles of Quinta do Crasto Selection<\/a> are produced).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t Quinta do Crasto stands hands above the domestic market in terms of tourism<\/a> as well. Not only do visitors get to enjoy tastings of exceptional quality wines that are offered with a service that is highly personalised, but all of this takes place nestled within a landscape of unsurpassed beauty on the right bank of the Douro River. Quinta do Crasto is an estate that simply cannot be missed by those hoping to enjoy the Portuguese wine country.<\/p>\n Annually, Quinta do Crasto welcomes around 7,000 visitors, mostly from Brazil and Europe, and its wine tourism service has received recognition over the past 10 years for its excellent and consistent user reviews on Tripadvisor<\/a>.<\/p>\n For the 5th consecutive year, Quinta do Crasto is featured in the Top 20 do World\u2019s Best Vineyards<\/a>,<\/strong> having been awarded the 15th place in the 2023 edition and once again leading the ranking of Portuguese wineries.<\/p>\n
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\u2013 Crasto Superior Branco<\/a>, a Douro DOC wine, the first wine to benefit from a pioneering and innovative system in Portugal that allows to perform operations of b\u00e2tonnage<\/em> without oxygen incorporation, came out in 2014;
\u2013 Crasto Superior Syrah<\/a>, a Regional Duriense wine, fruit of innovation that was crafted to conquer new international markets, in 2015;
\u2013 The release of Quinta do Crasto Colheita Port<\/a> to increase the Port wines offer, which has received the highest international recognitions, in 2016;
\u2013 In 2017, Quinta do Crasto released a new Douro DOC wine, Crasto Ros\u00e9<\/a>, with excellent aromatic freshness and a complement to the Crasto range;
\u2013 In 2018, it launched two commemorative wines in special and limited editions, HONORE Porto<\/a>, which celebrates the four hundred years of the quinta\u2019s history (1615-2015), a very old Tawny Port with more than 100 years old, and HONORE Douro DOC<\/a>, a commemoration of the centenary of the acquisition and refoundation of Quinta do Crasto<\/a> by Constantino de Almeida (1918-2018), a unique wine that integrates the two most emblematic vineyards of Quinta do Crasto<\/a>;
\u2013 In 2019, it launched Quinta do Crasto Touriga Franca<\/a> that came to increase the range of monovarietal wines;
\u2013 In 2021, Quinta do Crasto launched Crasto Altitude 430<\/a>, a wine with a differentiating profile, the result of the research and innovation work carried out by the Quinta do Crasto Viticulture and Wine Making teams, aimed at exploring the potential of the region\u2019s many indigenous varieties of the Douro;
\u2013 In 2023, Quinta do Crasto launched two new Tawny Ports \u2013 10 Year Old<\/a> and 20 Year Old<\/a> \u2013 made from a rigorous selection of different Port wines from the finest vineyards. This blends offers great complexity from older wines, while the younger wines bring fresh fruit aromas and a vibrant acidity. This blends<\/em> offers great complexity from older wines, while the younger wines bring fresh fruit aromas and a vibrant acidity.<\/p>\n