Producers Quinta de Santa Eufémia
Producer · Douro
Quinta de Santa Eufémia
Family estate in the Douro, making wine since 1864 and now in its fourth generation. Known for Port, and for dry wine that does not hide behind it.
Quinta de Santa Eufémia has made wine for four generations, since 1864, on the steep schist terraces along the Douro. Like many houses in the valley it began with Port, and it still makes it.
What ties Varna to this house is that the winemaker, Alzira Castro-de Carvalho, does not stop at Port. She makes a dry white from four Douro grapes that was a bestseller in Varna’s shop for years, and a rosé Port she keeps young and fresh — made to drink chilled, even over ice, as an aperitif.
The Eirados Reserva was made here too, by Alzira, from grapes from the Eirados Varna vineyard: a plot that once belonged to the quinta and where archaeologists found pottery around two thousand years old.
From Quinta de Santa Eufémia in our drop
Quinta de Santa Eufémia Branco
Varna's house white. Douro, but dry.
A dry white blend of four Douro grapes from the valley of Port. Floral, fresh and remarkably long — Varna's house bottle for birthdays, parties and sushi.
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Quinta de Santa Eufémia Rosé Port
A Port you can happily serve over ice.
Winemaker Alzira breaks with tradition: stainless steel rather than oak, made to drink young. Strawberry, raspberry and a touch of almond. Not a dessert wine — this opens the evening.
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Eirados Reserva 2023
Two thousand years of wine country. And a little Varna in it.
From the Eirados Varna vineyard: Varna's first own red label, made by Alzira Castro-de Carvalho. Floral aromas, full ripe fruit and silky tannins. A glass worth lingering over.
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