Joaฬo Caฬlem Hoelzer has been working in the Port wine trade for 30 years. Apart from some years studying and working abroad he had always been at the Quinta. It is in 1990s when he started running the winery.
๐ค๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ is located near Pinhaฬo in the heart of Douro (Cima Corgo). Dating back for five generations, the winery produces its wine in the traditional way: foot trod in stone โlagaresโ.
The State covers 30 hectares of land that includes vineyards, olive trees, and other Mediterranean flora. Vineyards make up for a total of 16 hectares altogether. The majority of the vineyards are about 30 years old with 10% of the total which are over 70 years old, producing very low yields. Joaฬo selects the best grape varieties of the estate to display their maximum expression in this Reserva, of which he does a very tiny production each vintage.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ, ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ข ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฐ, ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ป, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ 8 ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด. ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ 40 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด 2015 ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ.