QUINTA DA PLANSEL

This family has always been connected to wine. The first records date back to the 11th century, but from the 18th century onward the Böhm family's mission to the industry became more evident, being one of Germany's leading wine importers and distributors.

Quinta da Plansel was born out of a misunderstanding by its founder, Jörg Böhm, when in 1961 his sailing boat sank in the port of Cascais. Forced to stay here for some time, he ended up getting to know and surrendering to different Portuguese landscapes. And that's how he saw the huge winegrowing potential of the Alentejo grape varieties, and in 1975 he bought the first land for vineyards and set up Viveiros Plansel.

The passion for wine and for Portugal would eventually infect the whole family. In the early 1990s, daughter Dorina Lindemann, an oenologist with a degree from the University of Geisenheim (Hessen), came from Germany to Portugal with her husband Thomas Lindemann and, taking advantage of the existing vineyards linked to her father's technical improvement program, dedicated herself to wine production.

With the young engineer Paulo Laureano, Dorina Lindemann produced her first wine at the Adega Experimental da Mitra (University of Évora), in 1993. The first brand was Plansel (which means from Selected Plants). Over the next five years, Dorina and her husband, Thomas, built their own winery, Quinta da Plansel.

Dorina's goal was to transfer all of her father's basic knowledge to oenology. The revival of old varieties was the secret of the differentiation of these wines, both in quality and quantity. Currently, daughters Júlia and Luísa are also part of the wine business, from marketing to oenology, ensuring the future of the project.

Today, the winery reaches an annual production of 400,000 liters, having diversified its products into five different ranges, with wines of very unique profiles. Quinta da Plansel is mainly known for its work with the Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, and Tinta Barroca grape varieties, its favorites.