Serra Oca Wines
Quinta do Olival da Murta is located in the Lisbon wine region, near the Serra de Montejunto — the Serra Oca.
This mountain range creates the conditions for a unique microclimate. The proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and the presence of cool, misty mornings allow for long grape ripening periods and good balanced wines.
We work exclusively with Portuguese grape varieties, and our viticulture is focused on soil regeneration and the recreation of a balanced, biodiverse ecosystem. To achieve this, we follow certified organic practices, applying detailed, site-specific solutions rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.
Pruning and harvesting are done by hand, and our winemaking process is kept simple: we rely on spontaneous fermentation, removing nothing and adding nothing — except for small doses of sulphur as a preservative — making the most of what nature gives us each year.
Serra Oca, where it's said one can hear the sea
The writer José Saramago often referenced the Serra de Montejunto…
"Blimunda memorised the path, that hill, that forest... we walked and walked until we arrived, Monte Junto, the flying machine” …
"For the mountain folk, the horizon is vast. Land and sea interpenetrate."
"From one end to the other, from Sintra to the Serra da Neve, Montejunto, the mountain is hollow underneath and the sea flows into it."
From its many caves and sinkholes, the crevices in the rocks and the natural springs, local people say its lakes never dry up — for they have no bottom — feeding old legends of hidden treasures and enchanted maidens, who are said to “communicate” with the sea or other mysterious places.
