Wines from the Alentejo: EA Rosé

Alentejo EA Rosé

This rosé is produced by Adega Cartuxa, in the Alentejo region, “quinta” belonging to Fundação Eugênio Almeida, well-know for the legendary Pêra Manca. When the grapes reach the right point of maturation they are carefully picked and brought to the winery. If your desire is to taste the greatest brand from Alentejo and call for a low price EA should be your choice. Thanks to the grapes chosen this rosé is something different from others drinks, with his cherry tone, light touch of oranges, presents a fresh strawberry and blackcurrant aroma. Obviously freshly in mouth with mouth-filling flavors of sweets and fruits, this wine has its priority in elegance instead of exuberance. The warm friendly wine of the Alentejo region matches well with light fresh fish and white grilled meats.

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Wines from the Alentejo: Pêra Manca White

Alentejo Pêra Manca White

Produced in the majestic region of Alentejo trough the chastes Sauvigon Blanc, Verdelho, Antão Vaz and Viognier, this fine white shows citric and grassy aromatics on a complex, mineral palate that is long, and well balanced. This white wine surprises for its moderate coldness, body and structure. It shows aromas of ripe pears with floral and citric notes and apple and green fruits at palate. Solid, but non-aggressive, the wine's stark citrus elements are a testament to hints of pomelo and even a touch of under-ripe avocado. 

It's a wine that can be served well with Mediterranean dishes or light cousin.

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Wines from the Alentejo: Cartuxa Pêra Manca White

 Alentejo Pêra Manca White

One of the Portuguese wine with major prestige, made with a selection of “castas” Antão Vaz e Arinto aged in French oak for approximately 12 months. The white has partial barrel fermentation, giving great richness and intensity of taste. Pêra Manca is the designation that Cartuxa earmark for his wine of exception, and as you can foresee this drink is practically legendary. Beautifully curved and ripe, with peach, toasted and an intense series of fruit and herbal flavors. Buttery and with notes of apple and white fruits, Pêra Manca is graceful and elegant, with a persistent aftertaste, slightly sour, mineral, dry with a strong body. Probably the best example of Alentejo white wine, that reflects the elegance of its homeland. Pairs excellently with fishes (especially swordfish) and white grilled meats.

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Wines from the Setúbal Peninsula: Quinta da Bacalhõa Red

Setúbal Quinta da Bacalhõa Red

Quinta da Bacalhõa is an old property belonged to the Portuguese Royal Family. The palace of Bacalhõa and the surrounding area is considered an artistic monument of relevance for the whole country. In 1936 the palace was acquired and renovated by American Orlena Scoville and her nephew, years after, decided to express all the potential of the area and produce on the best wines in all Portugal. It's a wine with a taste of licorice and a firm, stalky edge go with wood aging and dry tannins, with blackcurrants fruit and acidity. Don't miss a smooth texture from the wood aging. It's rich and juicy, so you can foresee the ideal match with strong meat. It is a rounded, powerful wine, good for aging.

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Wines from the Douro Valley: Pombal Vesúvio Red

Douro Pombal Vesúvio Red

Quinta do Vesúvio, actually tied to the Symington “familia”, is one of the legendary farms of the Douro Superior. The Symington family, during the sixties, started the forward-looking journey towards the production of high-quality wines. In 2004 for the first time a portuguese wine was chosen in a rank (“100 Best Wines”, by Wine Spectator). Named after the Pombal, or dovecote at Vesúvio, thanks to its unique character this is a soft, ready-to-drink wine. It has attractive acidity and black currant flavors, smooth, opulent richness with the concentration of low yields. There is also a scent of bitter chocolate and spicy fruit, with an acidity that gains strength from the layers of tannins, that offers support while not suggesting any long-term aging. Tuneful, complex and delicious, this wine is thinly achieved that you can already drink. Goes well with grilled red meats and strong creamy types of cheese.  

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Wines from Lisboa: Quinta da Chocapalha Red

Lisboa Quinta da Chocapalha Red

Quinta da Chocapalha was one of the farms that led the wine revolution with its modern and fruity flavored wine. The propriety founded its roots five-hundred years ago, with the noble scotsman Diogo Duff. During the eighties of the last century its successors fell in love with the hills around Lisboa and decided to realize the best “quinta” of the region.

It's a big, smoky wood flavored wine, with a scent of dark spice. With the weight of fruit, though, it should develop into a solid and rich wine, layering its tannins with sweet black plum flavors.

This wine feels big and brawny, its tannins powering through the body. It has a strong structure, firm black plums, the acidity giving a lift to the weight of dark fruits, very concentrated and dense. If you would like to, you can leave it aging for 2-3 years.

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Wines from the Douro Valley: Poeira Red

Douro Poeira Red

Poeira is a poised, elegant drink. As the specialists of wines from Portugal knows well, beverage that comes from the land of Douro are sustained in a strong tannicity, but Poeira is an exception for its sustained acidity. Drinkable and desirable immediately, with a unique personality, an expressive aroma and the depth and freshness that characterize the wine-maker's products. If it seemed tightly full opening, that resolves fairly fast and it is subtle in most respects, gentle, but adorable. There's plenty of elegance as well, with fresh acidity and a rich, chewy finish of dark chocolate and hints of mint. Ideal to match with red meats, game and strong types of cheese.  

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Wines from the Douro Valley: Quinta da Leda Red

Douro Quinta da Leda Red

Quinta da Leda, produced by the Casa Ferreirinha, arises in the golden cradle of Barca Velha with the fusion of the “castas tradicionais” of Douro, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca e Tinta Roriz. Located to the east of the Douro, this brand is one of jewels in Ferreira's legacy. Quinta da Leda reinvented itself with wines of great complexity of aspects:, built in 2001, is exemplary in that it follows an approach that allows the winemaker direct contact with the wine. The grapes are received on the uppermost level and gravity is used to move the grapes, ensuring a far more natural flow, with noted gains in wine quality.

This noble wine is deep, dark crimson, with dark fruits aroma like cherry, plum and an herbal note. Plenty of oak spice on the palate, and a balsamic taste, mixed with a scent of black tea and tobacco. Smooth but dense tannins well filled out by the fruit. Juicy and moreish and good length. A sense of dryness is caused by the sociable tannins presence, an austerity that matches great with elaborate dishes.

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Wines from the Douro Valley: Passadouro Reserva

Douro Passadouro Reserva

Quinta do Passadouro, situate along the Pinhão river, near the Vale de Mendiz, is immersed in the heart of the Douro. Passadouro Reserve has the intense, concentrated colour amd a heat of ruby.

A particularly spiced aroma, vegetable and fresh, with black ripe fruits notes, and few mentohlated and resinous recall.

It shows sweet oak on the nose and a denser, tighter palate with crushed dark berry and cherry fruit supported by a firm backbone of sinewy tannins.

Passadouro is a wine that requires a refined palate, for its pronounced taste, And it is advised to let it settle, with a suggested maturing.

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Wines from the Douro Valley: Meandro Vale Meão Red

Douro Meandro Vale Meão Red

Douro is the wine-producing region per excellence. Its beverages, wines or porto, has unique features in its colors, flavor and taste. Quinta do Vale Meão has a legendary story, an estate considered one of the finest of the region. Founded in 1877 by the famous Adelaide Ferreira, today is owned by his grandson Francisco Olazabal. A red wine produced by this firm is a guarantee of high-class. Meandro Vale Meão Red has a warming liquoricey edge, good definition of red and black fruits, hints of black olive and an exhibition of an opaque ruby purple color. The wine consists of a blend of Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and small amounts of other native grapes as Tinto Cão and Sousão. A medium bodied wine, with soft tannins, good acidity and a long length, that match great with red meats and creamy cheese.

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Wines from the Douro Valley: Crasto Red

Douro Crasto Red

Although Quinta do Castro can be interpreted like a latest winemaker that began his production during the nineteens, the truth is that the roots are planted strongly in the centuries: the earlier works go back up 1615.

Quinta do Castro has mastered the art of making red Douro table wine a thing of beauty.

With intense aromas of blackberries and raspberries on the nose, the palate is bursting with wild berry characters. Very ripe fruit with ample tannin and spice. The “castas” Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca gives at this wine a strong taste of spice that match great with Spanish cured meats or paella. Also good with strong types of cheese. 

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Wines from the Douro Valley: Quinta de La Rosa Red

Douro Quinta de La Rosa Red

In 1988 the owners of Quinta de la Rosa decided to stop selling their grapes and make their own wine instead, specializing in red wines. Quinta de la Rosa was one of the pioneers in this endeavor to produce world class table wines from the Douro Valley. The 2010 Quinta De La Rosa Douro Red begins with a strong aroma of succulent ripe and black fruits, citron, a note of chocolate and strong flavor of pepper. This is a big and delicious full-bodied wine with wonderful complexity. Well-balanced and structured, agreeable in mouth and elegant. A long and quiet finish, freshly. The oak aging is done to perfection adding all the right notes without overdoing it. The La Rosa delivers a smooth, silky and rich texture featuring concentrated, succulent fruit and layers of tasty spice.

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Wines from the Douro Valley: Papa Figos Red

Papa Figos Red

Papa Figos Red is produced with traditional grapes of the Douro region: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca and Tinta Roriz. A low cost wine that has a deep ruby-red hue, it shows an intense bouquet, with a prevalence of ripe red fruits and soft notes of cocoa, a characteristic of the vintages when the grapes achieve optimum maturation. The wine displays a fine complexity with notes of well-integrated oak ageing, the result of several years of maturation in top quality oak. The palate has a fine body, well-integrated acidity, fine-quality tannins and a conspicuous presence of ripe red fruits, with a balanced, harmonious finish.

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Wines from the Douro Valley: Terra a Terra Reserve Red

Terra a Terra Reserve Red

Winemakers of Quanta Terra understood that the quality of a drink is tied with the roots of the Douro Valley, sagacity that they follows since 1999.

This Reserve Red is produced with the 10% of Touriga Nacional and the remainder with the grapes of Touriga Franca and Tinta Roriz. It's characterized by a smooth and vibrant sweet dark fruit taste, a hint of marmalade, slightly heat on the finish. A very-well balanced wine, reflecting the style of the producers, soft and easy to drink. Rich and sophisticated, with vibrant and well polished tannins, Reserve Red is worth considering, something new in the Douro wine collection. An ideal match for any traditional Portuguese cosine, particularly meat.   

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O Vinho Verde: Alvarinho Muros Antigos White

Verde Alvarinho Muros Antigos White

O Vinho Verde is unique in the world. A wine naturally fresh and soft, produced along the coast in the north of Portugal, from Oporto to the galician border. From this land we present the Muros Antigos, well-characterized by an extended variety of fruits among which pineapple, pear, apple, orange tangerine. An acute sense of smell will be able to perceive something cereal, a note of crumb. A ripe fruit taste is well asserted, substantial. As suggested by the name, for this drink has been chosen the Alvarinho grapes, that donate and high-acidity and a low alcohol strength, as well ass a long finish and a touch of citrus. Expressive and lively, this is an interesting wine with and excellent matching with fish.

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Wines from the Douro Valley: Assobio Red

Assobio Red

Assobio Red originates from the Esporão farms located in the Douro, immersed in Quinta dos Murças. Esporão’s efforts are combined with the uniquiness of the land of the Douro to create high-quality, authentic and lovely drinks that are both balanced and complex. This wine is produced with the finest Touriga Nacional, and other varieties of Tinta Roriz and Touriga Franca, tipical grapes from the Douro. With a limpid and ruby aspect, Assobio has an intense look and at the nose it is exciting with a middle-balanced intensity. An elegant palate will appreciate the red fruit and spicy notes, and in a reasonable way a presence of balsamic and floral aftertastes, especially eucalyptus. Supported by a structure of fine tannins, Assobio Red matches with elaborate strong meat dishes.

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Wines from the land of the Dão: Picos de Couto Reserve White

Picos de Couto Reserve White

The Picos de Couto farms have a peculiar history with the FTP Vinhos. Here,during the nineties, has begun the FTP Vinhos production and the Picos do Couto brand lends a modern profile in agreement with new tendencies.

Brightly greenish, Reserva has a complex aroma of crystallized fruits and soft buttery notes, in the mouth is highly fresh, bodied and mineral. This Dão has a strong disposition, with personality and stylish. On the palate it's dry, quite acid and salty. It's a wine with high potential, if you would let it ripen. Combine with elaborate fish and shellfish dishes.

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Wines from the Douro Valley: Tom de Baton Red

Douro Tom de Baton Red

If your concern is to sample the astonishing quality of the products from Douro and avoid excessive spending, the Baton Red should be your first choice. Produced with the Touriga Nacional variety, considered by many critics to be Portugal's finest, it is a wine matched for the hot summer days, deeply colored and fruity. Despite its high alcoholic strength (14°) its taste of red currant and blackberry gives a sense of coolness. It has a suitable endurance in the mouth and it is full-bodied drink. Baton Red should be served at 15°, by opening the wine and putting it into the fridge for 15 minutes. As you foresee, in spite of its freshness, this drink backs strong dishes up, or you will suffer a little bit of “tontura”, a portuguese word for dizzy spell. Best matched with fat fish and appetizers like cheese and ham.

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Wines from the Douro Valley: Duas Quintas Reserve Red

 Douro Duas Quintas Reserve Red

Ramos Pinto is a brand that has always focused on fined products, after long years of improvements it's now one of the most renowned in the Portuguese market as well as the first exporter in South America. The region of Douro extends from the city of Porto to the Spanish border, and its beauty is so enchanting that it was elected World Heritage by Unesco. We present Reserve Red, considered an eminent drink with an accessible price. Intensive perfumed and clear, soon after uncorked the beverage gives spreads the tones of a floral aroma, red fruit and wood influence. It’s quite tannic, but in a silky quality and the overall impression is one of elegance. At palats it's dry and fruity, full-bodied, with a long finish. Recommended with richly flavoured dishes, game, stewed partridge, it pairs well with soft and pasty sheep's milk cheeses.

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Wines from the Alentejo: Cartuxa Reserve Red

Cartuxa Reserve Red

Cartuxa is a wine that represents the quality of the production of the Alentejo, an “homage” to Order of Capuchin that lives in the Monastery of Santa Maria Coeli in Evora. This reserve is produced with the best quality of Aragonês, Alfrocheiro and Alicante Bouschet. The wine has an average and bright ruby color, persistent aromas of fresh red fruit, light vanilla, tobacco and balsamic notes. From the very beginning you will be able to feel a taste condensed in a modern style surrounded by black chocolate and wood hints. In spite of the high alcoholic strength (14,5°) and a firm tannins, it is a wine that flows pleasantly in your throat, harmonized with and agreeable end, in true alentejano veins. Match with elaborate strong meat dishes and game.

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Wines from the Setúbal Peninsula: Cavalo Maluco

Cavalo Maluco

Have you ever heard the story of the notorious Crazy Horse? Yes, him indeed, the Sioux chief that for years tried to stem the destruction of his own People against the “white man”'s invasion, is honoured with this beverage, the Cavalo Maluco. This wine is pure wilderness, in line with its name; it is a rebel and has an indomitable taste. As you can picture, it's a drink that can be delicate and untamable at the same time, due to the merge of Tourigas and Petit Verdot (a vine variety from Bordeaux). So you can suppose the balanced and elegant tannins. Cavalo Maluco has a great potential that needs to take its course, so letting it mature would be a great choice. The quality of this wine is assured by the viewpoints of various reviews that chose it as the third best drink from its area, the Setúbal Peninsula. It will be impossible not to appreciate the floral aromas and the delicate taste of a soft summer fruit compote. A Crazy Horse, as you can obviously understand, needs to be combined with strong meat dishes and cheese.

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Wines from the land of the Dão: Dão Radix Branco

Dão Radix Branco

Quinta da Bica has his roots planted in a monastery of the sixteenth century, handing down a long experience of wine-making tied to the family Botte. This brand is nationally and internationally acknowledged for his quality and the Radix Branco 2010 is a real proof. This drink makes an impression at his first taste, probably for an immediate sympathy originated from the caste Rabigato. Therefore the taste is delicate, guaranteed by a noble ageing. It pleasently compelles the sensitive symbiosis of fruity scent (citrus, apricot) merged with a floreal and honeyed perceive. Acidity tends to be high and it has a persistent ending. Branco 2010 is a blend recommended for his great price/quality ratio, and it's also available red and rosé. Despite the arduous competition present in the region of Dão, Branco 2010 gets through with strong elegance.

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