Casa Santos Lima Opaco Red

The properties of Casa Santos Lima are located in the municipality of Alenquer, 45 km north of Lisbon, in a region where the wine-making tradition is centuries old and the typical rural landscapes appear with enormous beauty.

The vineyards stretch across gentle slopes at altitudes between 100 and 220 meters, with excellent sun exposure and a climate tempered by the gentle sea breeze from the Atlantic Ocean, which is about 26 km away. The predominant soil type is clay-limestone, from the Upper Jurassic period, where numerous examples of marine life fossils have been found, including traces of dinosaurs (Apatosaurus alenquerensis).

The replanting of the vineyard has been carried out at a steady pace since 1990, using the noblest Portuguese grape varieties, which here exhibit a unique regional character, and also, on a smaller scale, the best international varieties. In the more than 200 hectares of vineyards owned by the Santos Lima family, one can find an enormous diversity of grape varieties.