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Located in the heart of the Alentejo, in Reguengos de Monsaraz, the Estate presents unique conditions for agriculture - great thermal amplitudes, poor and varied soils and an extraordinary biodiversity that helps us produce in balance with the environment. With about 702 ha of vineyards, olive groves and other crops boosted by the Organic Production Mode. In this area are planted about 40 grape varieties, 4 varieties of olive, orchards and vegetable gardens.

Esporão is the guardian of an important medieval heritage: the Torre do Esporão, the Ermida de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios and the Arco do Esporão are a fundamental part of the history of this property, which is the oldest "Defense" of the region.



The Torre do Esporão, one of the most important, built in the passage from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age, was built by D. Álvaro Mendes de Vasconcelos, between 1457 and 1490, dates that correspond respectively to the time of the possession of the morgado and his death. This attribution is of the historian José Pires Gonçalves, who took into account the architectural project of implantation of the Tower.

Álvaro Mendes de Vasconcelos came from a noble family on the rise linked to the powerful House of Braganza - was knight of the house of the Duke of Braganza and regedor of the city of Évora. It is understood, therefore, the construction of the Tower of the Esporão as a necessity of affirmation of the new lineage that, among other signs, had by habit to erect a tower or strong house like true symbols of its affirmation in the society. The first function of this type of towers was the one of dwelling, but at the end of century XV those that existed in Portugal would hardly serve of permanent address, since its dimensions were very reduced. They could also have been safe havens for people and goods in case of extreme necessity. But, first of all, they were a symbol of lordship and military power.

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