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2027 vintage · Crews enrolling

Douro Valley Estate

Douro Valley · Cima Corgo · Portugal · from $210

The wines

3 wines enrolling in Douro Valley.

Each is one lot, made in one vessel. The winemaker designs the style; the calls inside it are yours.

Douro Red Field Blend

Douro Red Field Blend

45% Touriga Nacional · 35% Touriga Franca · 20% Tinta Roriz

A Douro field-blend dry red is dark and floral, with blackberry and violet over a stony schist minerality and firm, mountain-grown tannins.

blackberryvioletschist mineralblack pepperfirm tannin
LightFull
Pairs with
grilled steak, roast kid, smoked sausage
Serve
Serve 16-17°C; decant an hour to settle the mountain tannins.
Cellar
Drinkable at four years; the firm structure ages 8-15 years.

$56/vine · 1.5 btl/vine

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Vintage-Style Port

Vintage-Style Port

60% Touriga Nacional · 40% Touriga Franca

A vintage-style Port is rich and sweet yet structured, packing blackberry compote and cassis with floral lift, dark chocolate, and a warming, tannic core.

blackberry compotecassisvioletdark chocolatewarming sweetness
LightFull
Pairs with
Stilton, dark chocolate, walnuts
Serve
Serve 16-18°C in small pours; decant off the sediment, ideally hours ahead.
Cellar
Closed when young; the great vintages need 15-20 years and live for decades.

$92/vine · 0.9 btl/vine

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Douro Branco

Douro Branco

50% Rabigato · 30% Viosinho · 20% Gouveio

A Douro branco from high-altitude white grapes is fresh and stony, with pear and white peach over a nutty, mineral finish.

pearwhite peachalmondstonefresh acidity
LightFull
Pairs with
grilled sardines, salt cod, roast almonds
Serve
Serve chilled at 9-11°C; let it warm slightly to show the stone fruit.
Cellar
Bright and best in its first 2-4 years.

$42/vine · 1.7 btl/vine

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What you receive

A year of the vintage, in your hands.

Samples all season

01

Samples all season

Verijuice, post-ferment, barrel, and finished wine — shipped as the vintage takes shape.

A vote at every fork

02

A vote at every fork

Pick date, oak, and where the blend lands. The winemaker lays out the options; you choose.

Watch it live

03

Watch it live

Livestream access to harvest at dawn, the cellar, and bottling day, from anywhere.

Your bottles at release

04

Your bottles at release

Allocated pro-rata to your vines, with your Crew's name on the back label.

Vine to bottle

You’re there for the whole year.

We farm the vineyard every month of it. The filled stops are where a call comes to you: in a Crew you vote on it with the other members; on a whole-block lease it’s yours alone.

A full vintage, month by month →

  1. Jan

    Dormant pruning

    Dormant pruning

    Cane counts set the size of the crop.

  2. Feb

    Cane tying

    Cane tying

  3. Mar

    Bud break

    Bud break

  4. Apr

    Shoots grow

    Shoots grow

  5. May

    Flowering

    Flowering

  6. Jun

    Fruit set

    Fruit set

  7. Jul

    Canopy

    Canopy

  8. Aug

    Véraison

    Véraison

    A verijuice sample ships to you.

  9. Sep

    Harvest

    Harvest

    Your call · Pick date

    The winemaker brings the ripeness numbers and the forecast. Pick now, or wait.

  10. Oct

    Cap punch

    Cap punch

    A post-ferment sample ships to you. On a whole-block lease, fermentation is your call too.

  11. Nov

    Barrel down

    Barrel down

    Your call · Oak

    How much new wood, and how long the wine spends in barrel.

  12. Dec

    Barrel samples

    Barrel samples

    A barrel sample ships to you.

  13. Then

    Blend & bottle

    Blend & bottle

    Your call · The blend

    Where the final wine lands inside the winemaker's range — then bottling day.

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The place

Why the wine tastes like Douro Valley.

Region
Douro Valley, Cima Corgo, Portugal
Soil
Schist (xisto) on near-vertical terraced slopes
Climate
Hot, dry continental in steep schist terraces
Elevation
100–400 m
Wines enrolling
3 Crew lots
Douro Valley, Cima Corgo, Portugal

Follow the season

The Douro Valley growing year, by the numbers.

Weather is live and real, updated hourly. The season curve is typical for this region’s latitude and climate, replaced by your Crew’s readings once farming begins.

Live at the vineyard · updated hourly
22°Mainly clear

66% humidity · wind 6 km/h

713 growing degree days · last 90 days

Last 14 days · high / low °C

7-day forecast

Thu

31°

15°

Partl

Fri

29°

15°

Overc

Sat

25°

14°

Overc

Sun

21°

12°

Overc

Mon

20°

7°

Overc

Tue

24°

8°

Overc

Wed

23°

5°

Fog

Hemisphere

Right now

Harvest

Target ripeness

BarrelLogic · vintage feed
Example

  • Winter pruning underway — cane counts set for the 2027 vintage

    6h ago

  • Cover crop sown between the rows to feed the soil

    2 days ago

  • Soil samples sent for analysis ahead of bud break

    4 days ago

  • Crew forming for the 2027 vintage — first calls go out soon

    5 days ago

  • Vines dormant; buds healthy after the cold snap

    1 week ago

Example activity. Your Crew’s feed from Douro Valley appears here once the vintage begins.

BarrelLogic

Season progress

Typical · Apr–Oct

Bud breakAprFloweringJunFruit setJulVéraisonAugHarvestSepDormantYou are here

Typical ripeness

Typical · véraison to harvest

12°18°24°~25°BrixVéraisonHarvest

Beyond the bottle

Your vintage, end to end.

Lease it here, follow and steer it in BarrelLogic, and taste the wider world at BarrelTaster. Three sites, one vintage.

  1. 01 · Lease it

    SplitVineyards

    Your own vineyard. Without the work.

    Your vines in Douro Valley and the wine they make — a few by the vine, or the whole block.

    You're here

  2. 02 · Follow & decide it

    BarrelLogic

    The operating system for modern winemakers.

    Track your vintage from bud break to barrel — ripeness, the cellar, samples, and every winemaking vote — in the winery's operating system.

    Visit BarrelLogic

  3. 03 · Taste first

    BarrelTaster

    The tasting room of the world.

    Not ready to commit to a vintage? Taste finished wines from around the world first.

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Tell us what you'd want

Want something else from Douro Valley?

The wines above are open now, by the vine or as a whole-block lease. If you'd rather buy finished bottles or visit, say so. When enough people ask, we take that demand to the region's wineries — and you'll be the first to hear what they say.

Buy with confidence

Owning a vintage, without the worry.

This listing opens with the 2027 vintage. Questions about delivery, timing, or how a season runs where you live? Ask before you commit.

Talk to us first

  • Guest checkout

    No account until you pay. We create it from your email so you can follow your vines.

  • Secure checkout

    Payments are handled by Stripe. We never see or store your card details.

  • We farm it

    Pruning, canopy, harvest and the cellar work are done for you. The winemaking calls come to you.

  • Real provenance

    Your bottles are tied to your vines, with your Crew's name on the back label. Lease the whole block and your own name goes on it.

  • A deposit, then the lease

    A $500 deposit holds a whole-block lease while the winery confirms the yearly price and the three-year terms with you. It's fully refundable from your account until you sign.

  • Ships within the US

    To most states. Outside the US: storage, pickup at the estate, or a US address.

Questions

What people ask first.

Every question, answered →

No — check out as a guest. We create your account after you pay so you can follow your vines and manage shipments.

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Make the Douro Valley vintage yours.

Buy a few vines or lease the whole block — no account needed until checkout. We farm it; you make the calls, and the wine is yours.

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Douro Valley Estate

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