Alcácer Vines
Alcácer do Sal, Portugal
2018–2009
The property is located 7 km away from the medieval town of Alcácer do Sal, on a gentle slope facing south and overlooking a vast and mature pine forest (Pinus pinea). The retreat is a wine-inspired concept, rooted in the regions’ characteristic winemaking tradition that finds an important part of its cultural, social and financial sustainability in wine production, while guests experience the beauty and character of the vineyards and the simplicity of rural life.
With a Mediterranean subtropical climate, with low thermal variations, given its proximity to the sea, and with a soil made up primarily of lime and sandstone; the wine produced here, in partnership with a renowned winemaker, using the grapes from these 7 hectares of planted vines, will be part of doc region of the Sado Peninsula.
The centrepiece of the retreat is a wine cellar, which offers property owners the possibility of having their own grapes harvested and vinified, following all the necessary steps to get it into the barrels, aged and then bottled, all of this with the support of a leading enologist.
In addition, this main building functions as a hotel clubhouse for guests and visitors offering wine-tasting and a wine shop, conference facilities, bar and destination restaurant, as well as Spa, gym and indoor/ outdoor pools, servicing the 64 adjacent suites. The remainder of the property includes villas and townhouses organised in small cascading clusters evocative of the traditional Alentejo whitewashed villages. The terraces generated by these informal clusters, create areas for both organic farming and community gathering.

Master plan

Winery and hotel club-house

Health club level

Restaurant level

Lobby level

Location: Arez, Alcácer do Sal, Portugal
Client: Salk Properties (Portugal), Lda.
Scope of services: Master planning, architecture, interior design and landscape
Project brief: Vineyard retreat including 5-star hotel-clubhouse and winery building, in addition to 194 5-star serviced villas and townhouses
Plot size: 35,1 hectares
Gross built area: 27,500 sq. m
Estimated construction cost: EUR 63m
Project status: 2009 (concept design) – 2018 (licensing approvals)


Terraces


Patio-villas 2-bedroom


Patio-villas 3-bedroom


Living room


Bungalows



2-bedroom

2-bedroom

3-bedroom

3-bedroom