Manos do Douro Competitors

Laurent-Perrier is an independent family House that was built with 4 strong convictions. These 4 convictions make Laurent-Perrier, through its Cuvées, very different from other Champagne Houses. The blend, not the vintage Blending is the real secret of Champagne region’s quality. Laurent-Perrier is the only House whose most prestigious and exacting Cuvée, Grand Siècle, is not vintage but numbered. It is a blend of 3 exceptional vintages in order to recreate the perfect year. A unique and distinctive style: freshness, elegance and purity These characteristics are present in each of the Laurent-Perrier Cuvées, always marked by aromatic complexity and exceptional breadth and length in the mouth. Chardonnay Chardonnay is the majority grape variety in all of the House’s wines, with the exception of Cuvée Rosé and Alexandra Rosé. The Chardonnay grape variety brings freshness, finesse and elegance to the blends, and makes the Laurent-Perrier style so distinct from other Houses. Innovation is essential to the quality of wines Innovation has allowed Laurent-Perrier to be the first to create ‘Cuvées de rupture’, successively Grand Siècle, ‘Cuvée d’Assemblage’, Cuvée Rosé, a maceration rosé and Ultra Brut, though this category did not exist before and most recently Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature, a champagne with no dosage. All these Cuvées are innovations in the world of champagne.

Pine Ridge founder Gary Andrus, inspired by the illustrious wines of Bordeaux, believed in the Napa Valley’s potential to produce wines of similar stature. He planted the property’s original namesake vineyard on a steeply terraced hillside flanked by a dramatic ridgeline of pine trees in the Stags Leap District. Gary’s pioneering efforts with this first vineyard were met with tremendous success as the Bordeaux varietals he planted – Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot – thrived and produced wines of great distinction. In the following years, Pine Ridge continued to acquire exceptional vineyard sites across the region. Today, the Estate’s 200-acres span over five renowned Napa Valley appellations – Stags Leap District, Rutherford, Oakville, Carneros and Howell Mountain.

Niepoort is a family company made up of visionaries, talented, bold, curious and restless people, since Franciscus Marius Niepoort founded the company in 1842. All its wines are made with extreme rigor and dedication, respect and curiosity for the terroir and, increasingly, with environmental awareness. These premises dictate the spirit of the team, guiding it in the consolidation of the project and in the construction of an even better future. With production in Douro, Dão, Bairrada, Vinho Verde, Alentejo and Mosel (GE), Niepoort has its wines in the markets of more than 50 countries, all over the world. These results are the result of meticulous work, but also of the innovative spirit that arises from the partnership and the intergenerational relationship. In the history of Niepoort, there are always two generations collaborating: Currently, the fifth and sixth - Dirk, Daniel and Marco Niepoort - are in full and fervent activity.