AZAMOR WINES

This journey started in 1998 when the estate that had belonged to the Luiz Gomes family was acquired. The first wine, Azamor 2003, was produced from the oldest sectors of the vineyard. The owners’ aim is to improve the wines every vintage, year after year. And every season, their unique fruity, complex, beautifully balanced and elegant wines continue to please clients across the world.

Azamor has a total of 260 hectares, 25 hectares of which are planted with vines, 30 hectares with cork oaks and pines, 140 hectares with 50-year-old olive groves, and 62 hectares of Portuguese oak trees, home to some Lusitano Horses.

There are four types of Portuguese grape varieties planted – Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Trincadeira and Alicante Bouschet – and three international varieties, Syrah, Merlot and Petit Verdot.

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Azamor Petit Verdot The Petit Verdot grape originates from France where it is traditionally used in blended wines. With a wonderfully vibrant colour, this is an elegant red wine with a beautifully delicate fruit aroma, soft fresh fruit flavours, and a classic French oak barrel lift with soft ripe tannins.

Pairing perfectly with game dishes, venison, partridge, pheasant, rabbit and steak, it is also a great compliment to the typical Portuguese desserts filled with egg cream. store.azamor.com/shop/petit-verdot-2015 store.azamor.com/shop/icon-2015

Icon d'Azamor This is an exceptional red blend of Alicante Bouschet (40%), Touriga Franca (40%) and Petit Verdot (20%) grape varieties. Handpicked at harvest, the skin of the grapes left before pressing and malolactic fermentation started. The wine is aged for 24 months in the cellar in French and American oak barrels.

It is an elegant and smooth wine, full of fruity aromas with a dense plum flavour that give way to a velvety finish. Enjoy this one with friends on special occasions, and pair it with all meat dishes.