The story of "Incógnito"
When Hans and Carrie Jorgensen saw Cortes de Cima for the first time in 1988, they knew that this
was the place they had been searching for. The rolling hills reminded Carrie of her native California,
and the sunny Mediterranean climate was the contrast to chilly Denmark for which Hans had been
longing!
From the start, they did things differently from local custom, i.e. planting red wine varieties in a
traditionally white wine area, introducing Syrah, (and at the time illegal!), using an untraditional 'New
World' trellis system- just to name a few. When they bottled their first Syrah varietal in 1998, they
were stuck on how to label it, since Syrah was still 'illegal' as a 'Vinho Regional' grape variety, so they
called it 'Incógnito´.
Vintage 2005
In the Alentejo, rainfall since October 2004 was the lowest for more than a century, recorded at 219
mm, down from our annual average of 600 mm. The winter was not only dry but cold, with morning
frost and temperatures as low as -5 °. Not surprisingly, bud break was delayed by a fortnight and the
growing season was shorter than usual. The ‘ideal’ September harvest weather, brought along cooler
nights and warm, sunny, breezy weather during the days, just was what was needed for the phenolic
ripening of the grapes, to preserve some good fruit acid
and flavor.
Winemaker's comments
Intense,opaque, deep purple hues. Dark plum and cherry aromas with hints of licorice. Extremely powerful but elegant palate with an intense core of dark stone fruits, well worked oak, ripe but firm tannins giving structure and balance.
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