The Art of Medronho

Medronho spirit from southwest Alentejo and the Vicentine Coast. 100% handcrafted, 100% Portugal. Medronho is a fruit with centuries of history in our country. Very common and native to the slopes of the Alentejo coast and the Algarve mountains, it’s from it that we get the most out of our products.

This red, juicy fruit colours the trees in our landscape and has many delicious uses. From its careful handling comes a nectar—medronho spirit—which, through a 100% handcrafted process, is looked after and bottled to bring Júnior Jacques to life. We believe it’s from that care that the best quality is born, and that’s why we produce Júnior Jacques using copper stills and a careful selection of our fruit—without forgetting that it always inspires more and better ideas.

All its expressions—whether our Medronho Original or its fragrant blend with honey and spices that gives rise to our Melosa—have a perfect serve. That way of serving it showcases and reinforces its age-old qualities and intensifies the flavour that, with care, brings them to life.

Whenever you visit our shop, you’ll discover the best way to prepare and enjoy it, with the certainty that true craft and ingenuity always give rise to creativity—which we also invite you to discover in our cocktails.

In everything, we recognise that, with knowledge and with time, this is the flavour of southwest Alentejo and the Vicentine Coast—this is the flavour of Portugal.