Montez Champalimaud

Corridor footprint

nif.pt and the racius register list the company as Montez Champalimaud, Lda (NIF 500196559), a private limited company with its seat at Quinta do Couto, 5040-154 Mesão Frio, in the Vila Real district, a share capital of €1,842,298.51 and viticulture as its activity; racius holds balance sheets from 2006 onwards. The company is behind two wine brands: Quinta do Côtto, a Douro estate between Mesão Frio and Peso da Régua whose website describes old vines, many over 100 years old, planted between 120 and 430 metres on schist soils, and Paço de Teixeiró in Baião, in the Vinho Verde region. On 17 October 2023 the José de Mello group launched WineStone, a wine platform built around its Alentejo estate Ravasqueira, and named Quinta do Côtto and Paço de Teixeiró among its first operations, alongside the Port house Krohn and Quinta do Retiro Novo. Forbes Portugal, citing the launch presentation, reported that WineStone took the two estates under operating contracts (contratos de exploração), whose value was not disclosed, rather than buying them outright. The Quinta do Côtto website now carries WineStone branding and names David Baverstock as chairman winemaker and Vasco Rosa Santos as chief operating officer.

The Nordic link is Systembolaget, Sweden’s alcohol retail monopoly. Its product API lists Paço de Teixeiró Avesso 2019 (article 5890901, 750 ml, SEK 199) in the order range (ordervaror) since 8 November 2022, with Terrific Wines AB as the Swedish supplier and Montez Champalimaud as the producer. Systembolaget’s annual article ledgers record sales of four Montez Champalimaud wines: Quinta do Côtto Vinho Tinto (article 5290701, SEK 99), Quinta do Côtto Vinha do Dote (5291101, SEK 229), Quinta do Côtto Grande Escolha (5291201, SEK 599) and the Paço de Teixeiró Avesso. Together they sold 114.75 litres in 2024, of which 78.75 litres were the Vinho Tinto, and 51 litres in 2025, when the Avesso was the largest at 21.75 litres. Only the Avesso is still searchable in the monopoly’s live range.

Why this matters for the corridor

The Swedish volumes are small, but they show how a historic Douro name reaches a Nordic monopoly through a specialist importer and the order range, which lets Systembolaget sell wines that are not stocked in its stores. The October 2023 WineStone contracts put both estates under a group that, at the launch, set itself a target of making exports more than 60% of sales by 2030 and named the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany as priority markets — no Nordic country among them. Whether WineStone keeps, widens or replaces the Terrific Wines listing will show how much weight the new operator gives to the Swedish monopoly channel.

Recent activity

8 November 2022 — Paço de Teixeiró Avesso 2019 enters Systembolaget’s order range (article 5890901, SEK 199) through Terrific Wines AB.

17 October 2023 — The José de Mello group launches WineStone and names Quinta do Côtto and Paço de Teixeiró among its first operations, under operating contracts (José de Mello group; Forbes Portugal).

2025 — Systembolaget’s ledger records 51 litres of Montez Champalimaud wines sold in Sweden across four articles, down from 114.75 litres in 2024.

23 September 2026 — SAPO reports that Quinta do Côtto has won a gold medal at the Decanter awards.

Sources: Systembolaget product search API (api-extern.systembolaget.se, article 5890901) and Artikellistan 2024 / Artikellistan 2025 via omsystembolaget.se; racius.com and nif.pt (NIF 500196559); quintadocotto.com; José de Mello group, “José de Mello Group launches WineStone to boost growth in the wine sector” (October 2023); Forbes Portugal, “Grupo José de Mello quer crescer no setor do vinho” (17 October 2023); SAPO, “Quinta do Côtto conquista Medalha de Ouro nos Decanter Awards” (23 September 2026).