Modrý Portugal

Winery Josef Valihrach
Modrý Portugal

Modrý Portugal, 2020

Winery Josef Valihrach
Color
Red wine
Year
2020
Varieties
Blauer Portugieser
Region
Moravia
Subregion
Velké Pavlovice
Epithet
Land wine

About winemaker

A family-run wine company, one of the first to be established just after 1989, we now manage about 15 hectares of vineyards. Our village Krumvíř belongs to the Velkopavlovice wine sub-region, which allows its conditions for growing a wide range of varieties. It is this great variety of varieties, together with a range of older wines, that characterises our winery. Our production focuses mainly on quality wines with a distinctive character and vintage wines. To a lesser extent, we also produce barrique and ice wines. We supply wines to a selected network of wine shops, catering, but also to private customers. Our production has won numerous awards not only at domestic exhibitions, but also abroad. Recently, we have won gold medals at world competitions in France and Brussels. Our wines have also been honoured by being served during official visits, for example, to Hillary Clinton, Prince Charles and Emperor Akihito of Japan. In 2009, we won the most important award for us, the Winemaker of the Year of the Czech Republic 2009, and a year later we were the first to defend this title.

Basic characteristics of wine

The origin of the Blue Portugal variety is unknown but it certainly does not come from Portugal. In our country, it is actually grown everywhere, the most widespread is in Slovácko and Velkopavlovice. For example, in the Czech Republic there are great Blue Portugal wines in the Litoměřice, Roudnice or Čáslav regions, and in Moravia around Kyjov, Uherské Hradiště or Hodonín.

Wine profile

Fruitiness
Body
Tanin
Acidity