Monte do Pintor

November 2011 - Guide to Wine 2012 - Rui Falcão, Portugal
Monte do Pintor Reserva 2008, “Bright red and shiny. Plant very gently, cool and dry, precise and fine fruit reveals a noble and well-polished, studded with tannins but elegant, intense and a whole living, tense and harmonious. A original red wine alentejano and very interesting. "
Tasting Note: 17

November 2010 - Wines of Portugal 2011, Best of year - João Paulo Martins, Portugal
Escutor 2007 Red wine, “A new flagship of the Alentejo, a boutique wine, made with grapes and all the great care required. Will not get to everyone but is a beautiful Alentejano.”
Tasting Note: 17,5

August 2010 - Single Review - Expresso, Joao Paulo Martins, Portugal
Pequeno Pintor 2006 Red wine, "Light in color but well-defined flavor with dried fruit and vegetal notes, still full of health and no signs of evolution. Tip: Perfect for snacks or meal early light dishes. "

December 2009 - Wine Magazine, Issue no. 241, Portugal
Escultor 2006 Red wine, "Aroma marked by notes of ripe fruit and some chemical, mineral feel beautiful, red is a reserved and austere. Very good mouth, thin and elegant, perfectly designed, very well done. Weather basement will make you well. "
Tasting Note: 17.5

October 2009 - Guide to Wine 2010, Rui Falcao, Portugal
"Monte do Pintor became with the change of ownership, presenting today structured wine but elegant, powerful but balanced, with its own personality and originality that deserves praise. I liked especially the Escultor, a huge wine in amplitude and size, which can escape the stereotype of ripe fruit, sugar, alcohol and excessive, to present a profile more herbaceous but sufficiently improved. " Escultor 2006 Red wine, "Red color Retinta dense and concentrated. Impressed by the breadth and size, the vehemence of the herbaceous sensations that the prevalence of caste Trincadeira not others. Vigorous but always restrained, powerful, this profile provides a sculptor more than the usual crop, with a faint trace of verdure, a monumental quite different from traditional power and extraction of Alentejo wines. It is a red guard who can leave the rest of the cellar for many years. "
Tasting Note: 17

October 2009 - Wines of Portugal 2010 Best of the Year - Joao Paulo Martins, Portugal
Escultor 2006 Red wine, "A new high-end of the Alentejo, a boutique wine, made with grapes excellent and all the care required. Will not get to everyone but is a beautiful Alentejo. "
Tasting Note: 18.

May 2009 - Selection Magazine, Germany
Monte do Pintor Reserve 2006 Red wine was among the 20 highest-rated, receiving four stars in the race "Portugal - Land of Wine."

April 2009 - Wine Magazine - Wine Essence, Issue no. 34, Portugal
Monte do Pintor Reserve 2006 Red wine was in the Top 100, among the 12 highest-rated.

February 2009 - More Alentejo Magazine, Issue no. 89, Portugal
Escultor "presents itself as the most recent bet cellar Monte do Pintor, a nectar that marks a new era in that farm. There, in Igrejinha, municipality of Arraiolos, the two hundred acre farm that is that the dream of producing wines from Alentejo becomes concrete vintage after vintage. "

November 2008 - Wines of Portugal in 2009, Joao Paulo Martins, Portugal
Monte do Pintor 2006 Red wine, "now realizes that we have good concentration and generous aromas, toast with ripe fruit. (...) Style that appeals even new, since the dish is appropriate. "
Rating: 17
Monte do Pintor 2006 Red wine, "Wine bet more on finesse than the concentration (...). It is the fruit in the mouth comes a little more in evidence, the style of wine is easy. "
Rating: 16
Pequeno Pintor 2006 Red wine, "Good concentration of color and scent, there is the slight presence of the notes of barrel, the wine has abundant fruit and dense. Well done also in the mouth, fresh, full, without aggressive tannins, is a fine red wine to drink now, leaving pleasant toasty notes at the end. "
Rating: 16

August 2008 - Wine Guide - Revista Gula, Brazil
Pequeno Pintor Red wine is part of the "best on the market."

August 2008 - Wine Guide - Revista Gula, Brazil
Pequeno Pintor Red wine is part of the "best on the market."

29th November to 1st December, 2005 – IBERWINE, Madrid, Spain
Presentation of Monte do Pintor Harvest 2002

11th November 2005 – Vienna, Áustria
Wine tasting of Monte do Pintor Harvest 2002 at PORTO WINE FAIR - Grand Hotel Wein

10th November 2005 – Vienna, Áustria
Wine tasting at the residence of Portugal Ambassador - Monte do Pintor Harvest 2002

9th November 2005 – Vienna, Áustria
Monte do Pintor Harvest 2002 – Served at DINNER DER SINNE - Restaurant Le Ciel in the Grand Hotel Wien

September 2005 – WEINE UND WINZER AUS DEM ALENTEJO, Meininger Verlag
„Komplexer Tropfen mit viel Leichtigkeit, von dem man gerne ein zweites Glas trinkt.“ Monte do Pintor 2002 – Saubige bodenbetonte Nase, vielleicht ein kalkhaltiger Boden. Im Mund sehr angenehme Aromatik, feinwürzig mit Marzipanaromen.

28 th September, 2005 – Vienna, Austria
Presentantion at Palais Niederösterreich of Monte do Pintor 2002 with DEL FABRO GmbH.

8 th, June 2005 – BEIJING, Popular Republic of China
Presentation of Monte do Pintor Harvest 2002

May 2005 – CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL DU VIN - France
Monte do Pintor 2001 Reserva - Bronze Medal

17th to 19 th May, 2005 – Vino & Destiláty - Prague, Czech Republic
Presentation of Monte do Pintor Harvest 2002.

May, 2005 - Brasília (Bonaparte Hotel) and Rio de Janeiro (Sheraton Hotel), Brazil
Presentation of Monte do Pintor Harvest 2002 and Monte do Pintor Reserva Harvest 2001

3rd to 5 th May, 2005 – EXPOVINIS, SÃO PAULO, Brazil
Presentation of Monte do Pintor Harvest 2002 and Monte do Pintor Reserva Harvest 2001

25th April 2005 – Award of Merit Medal Hall for services rendered to the municipality of Arraiolos.
AROUND THE WINE, Renato Machado - Editora Globo, Brazil
... "A journey through the thick Alentejo, the yields give unexpected joy. Four wines stand out: the Tapada do Chaves ... The Monte do Pintor, red grapes from the company Sossega, which surprised by the consistency. The Fundação Eugénio de Almeida ... .. wines from Herdade do Mouchão .... "

April 2005 - PORTUGAL POST, Deustchland
Monte do Pintor : The "Chateau Petrus" from Alentejo
.. The Sociedade Agrícola da Sossega in Arraiolos is the smallest wineproducer in Alentejo, with an area of 12 hectares of vineyard. So, one can say that this is the "Chateau Petrus" of Alentejo. This producer has only released quality wines, producing the brand Monte do Pintor since 1995. In special years produces the Monte do Pintor RESERVA.

6th to 8th March 2005 - PROWEIN - Dusseldorf
Presentation of Monte do Pintor 2001 e Monte do Pintor RESERVA 2001

January 2005– REVISTA GULA, Brazil
MONTE DO PINTOR 2000 – was chosen among the TOP 200 of the world.

January 2005 - PROEFSCHRIFT - Professional Magazine (The Netherlands)
Monte do Pintor Reserva 2001 - “... a lot of wood, mocha and coffee and also black fruit, presence of ripe fruit but the wood has the lead, cedar and chocolate cherry at the end .. "
Tasting Note 7

January 2005 - GUIDE FOR 2005 PORTUGUESE and INTERNATIONAL WINES - The 5 to 8
Monte do Pintor Reserva 2001.Note 16,5. Rui Falcão. Monte do Pintor Reserva is a new bet from this producer from Arraiolos, a bet that in this year of 2001 is limited to 9900 bottles. Shows intense garnet colour, density and mean concentration, without being to much different from Monte do Pintor “normal” of the same vintage. Large, mature, notes of fruity compotes and ripe fruit. Cherry, tomato, “crème de cassis” compote, plum sweet, and at times even quince jelly, one can see that the intention was to make a wine with a very fashionable profile, with many fans.
Fortunately, the wine is not confined to ripe fruit, still finding menthol, mild smoked, aniseed touches and pleasant notes of leader that settle very well. Finally, one can guess cedar, sandalwood and a light touch of clove.
Rich in the mouth, without being chewed or pasty is a powerful and vigorous wine. Nothing of violence, the tannins are well framed with the existence of residual sugar that “rounds” and softens it. It’s a wine that can have an international profile, without losing sight of its Alentejo identity, something that seems to be a very smart bet. Long and soft after taste, is clearly a wine that represents the Alentejo style.

Monte do Pintor 2001
Tasting Note 16. Rui Falcão. Red garnet colour, red edges and average density, this is how Monte do Pintor presents it in the chromatic evaluation. The nose, right at the prelude, starts with notes of toasting, to much coffee, some caramel and even some smoke. Within minutes these aromas disappear, only remaining polite, the gentle aroma of toasting. But what really characterizes this red from Arraiolos is the huge concentration of blackberry, blueberry and cassis aromas, in a very unusual case of three aromatic berries.
The surround is warm, languid, very fragrant, suggesting a plateau which invites to a soft lethargic indolence. A very interesting combination that only sins for the slight excess of alcohol at the end.

The palate confirms exactly the presage transmitted by the aromas, its easy, enjoyable, without sharp edges or peaks, just plains, here and there marked by gentle undulations. Solid and respectable tannins, smooth without being loose, this red is very well designed, pleasant and delightful. One can feel a nice touch of milk chocolate in the after taste, in a long and wide end. It’s a very interesting wine that seems to confirm the suitability of the area of Igrejinha for quality wines.

January 2005 - BEST WINES FROM PORTUGAL - Repsol Guide
This producer has released its first harvest in 1995, with the label Monte do Pintor. In addition to the high quality, the wine has been noticed by the beauty of the label created by the sculptor master João Cutileiro. Since then the company has grown and the wines became known and loved by an increasing number of fans. If your passing by Igrejinha visit this wine producer integrated in the “Rota dos Vinhos” from Alentejo.

January 2005 - WINES FROM PORTUGAL 2005 - João Paulo Martins
Monte do Pintor red 2001. Tasted in 2004. Tasting Note 6. The wine consists of Trincadeira and Aragonez. Production 50 000 bottles. Barrel aging period 12 months. Selling price € 7,50.
Nice colour, ripe fruit aroma, its coming to the right moment to be drank. Checked in the palate, yet full and vigorous, you can see what’s coming. Have a taste.
Monte do Pintor red 2000. Tasted in 2003. Tasting Note 6. Dense colour and good concentration on the nose without understanding the ripe fruit. More evident on the palate, its a full and round red, with a strong chemical component that doesn’t make the taste easy.
Monte do Pintor red 2001 - Reserva. Tasted in 2004. Tasting Note 6. 9 900 bottles produced.
Barrel aging period 12 months, in Allier oak. Selling price € 12,00. The wood is not evident in the nose and there was time to allow everything to be harmonized. The wine is very balanced on the palate, full, round and ready to drink, its a consensual well proportioned red.

January 2005 - WINE YEARBOOK - João Afonso
Monte do Pintor 1999. Tasted in 2003. Nice colour. Ripe fruit and creamy vanilla notes. Very solid on the palate, without to much fruit, some tannins, nothing to much and smooth in the end. A nice wine. Tasting note: 85.
Monte do Pintor 2000. Tasted in 2003. A little bit of wood in excess, Black ripe fruit. Good on the palate, black fruit and hints of chocolate, with good tannins, long end. Tasting note: 86.
Monte do Pintor Reserva 2001. Tasted in 2003. Evolution in the vegetable aroma, wild berries. Median concentration on the palate, strong and dry tannins, austere fruit, dry end. Tasting note: 82.