96 Port anD the Douro
Quinta Santa Eufemia*
Parada do Bispo, 5100-650 Lamego.
tel. (351) 254 331 970
http://www.qtastaeufemia.com
Grade c/B
Casa da Quinta de Santa Eufemia*
tel. (351) 254 331 970
Divided into two parts in 1992, Quinta Santa Eufemia now belongs to separate branches
of the Carvalho family. The baroque house and chapel of Quinta Santa Eufemia form the
main square of Sta Eufemia, an old hamlet now sadly rather overwhelmed by electricity
pylons. A new adega has been constructed across the road and the house has been
restored to take paying guests (turismo rural). White ports are something of a speciality.
Confusingly, Casa de Santa Eufemia, which is located alongside, is a now a separate
property specialising in Douro wines.
Quinta do Sol
Bagauste, 5110 armamar
no Grade
This landfill site from the dam at Bagauste can hardly be called a conventional quinta as it
does not have a single vine. But since the Symington family bought Sol in the mid-1980s,
it has become one of the most strategically significant locations in the Douro. Well placed
to serve growers in both the Baixo and Cima Corgo, the huge stainless-steel winery built
in 1996 is now the main vinification centre for Cockburn, Dow, Graham, Warre, Smith
Woodhouse, Quarles Harris and Gould Campbell.
Quinta Dona Matilde
Bagauste, 5050 Peso da Régua
Grade B
With a fine view of Quinta do Sol and the Bagauste dam, Dona Matilde is also occasionally
known by its old, much less pronounceable, title of Enxodreiro. The property was
renamed after it was purchased by Barros family in 1927. The predominantly south-
facing vineyards were substantially replanted in the 1990s and the family now produce
their own single-quinta wines.
Quinta da Foz de Temilobos*
5110 armamar
Grade a
On a steep slope overlooking the mouth of the Ribeira de Temilobos, this property has
been owned by members of the Delaforce family since 1931, and until 1968 was part of the
family company. It was part of the original feitoria and has granite lagares dating from 1753.
Vineyards extending to seven hectares were restructured in the early 2000s. Temilobos
continues to supply Delaforce with grapes. The name Temilobos is thought to originate
from ‘a thousand wolves’ (mil lobos) and a wolf appears on the crest of this property.