Portuguese presence in Scandinavia

Quinta de Lemos

Dão Single-Estate Wines

Quinta de Lemos is a Dão estate at Silgueiros, Viseu, at 340 metres of altitude, with 50 hectares of which 25 are vines and 7 olive groves, making wines from native Dão varieties under winemaker Hugo Chaves, olive oil, and running the Mesa de Lemos restaurant. In Sweden its Pica-Pica 2015 has been listed in Systembolaget’s order range since December 2022 through Gullberg by Stockwine AB (art. 2004901, SEK 150).

LocationSilgueiros, Viseu (Dão), 340 m altitude
Estate50 hectares — 25 ha vines, 7 ha olive groves, pine and market garden
WinemakerHugo Chaves; olive oil by Cátia Correia
AwardsIWC 2013: Gold Medal, Portuguese Red Trophy and Dão Trophy for Dona Georgina 2005
Nordic customerSystembolaget (SE) — Pica-Pica 2015, art. 2004901, SEK 150, order range since 1 Dec 2022
Swedish importerGullberg by Stockwine AB
SectorDão wine and olive oil
DirectionPortugal → Nordics

Corridor footprint

Quinta de Lemos sits at Silgueiros in the Dão, at 340 metres on the granite and sandy soils of the plateau protected by the Estrela, Caramulo, Buçaco and Nave ranges. The estate covers 50 hectares — 25 of vines, 7 of olive trees and the rest pine and market garden — and makes exclusively from native Dão varieties, with Hugo Chaves as winemaker and Cátia Correia in charge of the olive oil; the property also runs the Mesa de Lemos restaurant. Its Dona Georgina 2005 took a Gold Medal, the Portuguese Red Trophy and the Dão Trophy at the 2013 International Wine Challenge, the award the estate still leads with.

In Sweden, Systembolaget’s product database lists Quinta de Lemos SA as the producer of Pica-Pica 2015 (art. 2004901, SEK 150), in the order range since 1 December 2022 through the importer Gullberg by Stockwine AB. That is the estate’s verified Nordic listing: a single mature red from a small single-estate producer, reachable by any Systembolaget store on customer order.

Why this matters for the corridor

Dão is under-represented on the Nordic monopolies’ shelves relative to Douro and Alentejo, and the producers that do get through are mostly the region’s larger houses. Quinta de Lemos shows the route open to a 25-hectare single estate: one well-aged wine, one specialist importer, an order-range slot — and the Systembolaget product page as a public reference that Nordic restaurants and retailers can check.

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