Sivipa 'Serra Mae' Castelao, Setubal 2015

First started by a group of growers in 1964 who got together to bottle and market their wines grown in the Setúbal region south of Lisbon the Sociedade Vinícola de Palmela, or, SIVIPA as it's more conveniently known, was joined by the Cardoso family in the 1990s who own the 400 hectares of vines from where most of their wines are now made. Although Filipe Cardoso is the head winemaker and the vineyards are maintained by the extended Cardodso family. Their winery, Quinta do Piloto in Palmela predates SIVIPA, as has been in the Cordoso family for 3 generations.

The vineyards themselves can mainly be found on the flat, sandy soils of the Setúbal peninsula, to the East of Palmela. Here they have some fantastic and some very old Castelão. They also have some sites on mixed soils and higher altitudes further to the east. Here they have more of their Moscatel vines, both Alexandria and Roxo varieties.