Quinta João Clara

João Clara is a project that was born in the 70s in Alcantarilha, Algarve and has had 3 generations since then.

João Maria Alves is the name of its pioneer, but it was for João Clara that he was always known and that ended up also giving the name to Quinta.

2006 Joaquim João, son of João Clara, second generation and the visionary showed the country and the world a new Algarve with the first bottles of red wine with the oenological support of António Maçanita.

Today, in the third generation, daughters, wife and many more bottles of wine follow their dreams, and success has come to fruition year after year.

They kept the grape varieties already chosen, such as Syrah, Touriga nacional, Trincadeira and Alicante bouschet, as well as their “Garden” as Joaquim called it, an old Negra Mole vineyard.

Among the many papers and writings left by Joaquim João was in his idea planting white grape vineyards and a winery, these were the wishes that Ana, Joana and Edite Alves fulfilled and continue to fulfill.

At this moment, Quinta João Clara, has a total of 26 hectares of vineyards with different soil areas ranging from red clays, sands and limestone clay soils, leaving monovarietals such as Alvarinho, Syrah and Negra Mole, as well as reserves on the Enology of Joana Maçanita, the oenologist who made all dreams turn into wine.

The success of the project and wines is real, because the women behind it do not give up on their ideals continue to believe what Joaquim João had envisioned.