Portugal
Portuguese Wine
Portugal is a small country with an unusually large number of native grape varieties — well over two hundred in use — almost none of which grow anywhere else. That isolation is why Portuguese wine still tastes distinctly Portuguese, and why it remains one of the last places in Europe where serious wine is genuinely inexpensive.
The regions
Douro is the terraced river valley where Port is made, and where the same grapes — Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz — are now fermented dry into some of the country's best reds. Alentejo in the south is warmer, softer and the everyday red for most of Portugal. Dão and Bairrada are cooler and more structured. Vinho Verde in the north-west makes light, low-alcohol, faintly spritzy whites; the serious end of it is varietal Alvarinho. Madeira is the fortified wine that survives anything.
What to expect
Portuguese reds are typically firm, dark and savoury rather than sweet-fruited, and the price for that structure is lower than anywhere comparable in France, Italy or Spain. The whites are the under-explored half — Alvarinho and dry Douro whites do the job of a Chablis or an Albariño at less money.
Serving
Reds at 16–18°C. Vinho Verde and Alvarinho at 8–10°C. Port and Madeira after the meal — Tawny and Madeira keep for weeks once opened.
Filters
Blandy's Terrantez Vintage Madeira 1978 (1x75cl)
Atlantis "Tinta Negra" Rose 2019 (1x75cl)
Quinta S. Joao Batista Reserva Branco Do Tejo D.O.C. 2017 (1x75cl)
Quinta S. Joao Batista Touriga Nacional Tinto 2010 (1x75cl)
RCV Evel White 2023 (1x75cl)
RCV Oporto 20 yrs Tawny (1x75cl)
RCV Porca de Murca White 2021 (1x75cl)
Quinta de Cidro Alvarinho White 2021 (1x75cl)
Quinta de Cidro Cab Toug Nacional 2016 (1x75cl)
RCV Oporto Ruby Port (1x75cl)
RCV Oporto Tawny Port (1x75cl)
Royal Oporto LBV Port 2018 (1x75cl)
Royal Oporto Vintage Port 2007 (1x75cl)
RCV Evel Reserva Red 2016 (1x75cl)
Quinta de Cidro Touriga Nacional 2018 (1x75cl)
Quinta de Cidro Rufete 2011 (1x75cl)
Royal Oporto 40 yrs old Port (1x75cl)
RCV Oporto White Port (1x75cl)
RCV Quinta dos Aciprestes Reserva 2020 (1x75cl)
Ramilo 2018 (1x75cl)
Quinta do Noval Porto 20 Year Old Tawny (1x75cl)
Quinta do Noval Porto Vintage 2022 (1x75cl)
Taylor'S Vargellas Vinha Velha Vintage Port 2011 (1x75cl)
Taylor'S Vinha Velha 2017 (1x75cl)
Taylor'S Vintage Port 2017 (1x75cl)
Taylor'S Vintage Port 2018 (1x75cl)
Taylors L.B.V. 2019 (1x75cl)
FONSECA Late Bottled Vintage (LBV) Unfiltered 2019 (1x75cl)
FONSECA Aged Tawny Port 10 Year Old NV (1x75cl)
ADRIANO RAMOS PINTO Duas Quintas 2019 (1x75cl)
ADRIANO RAMOS PINTO Duas Quintas 2021 (1x75cl)
ADRIANO RAMOS PINTO Duas Quintas Bianco 2020 (1x75cl)
ADRIANO RAMOS PINTO Duas Quintas Bianco 2021 (1x75cl)
ADRIANO RAMOS PINTO Duas Quintas Bianco 2022 (1x75cl)
ADRIANO RAMOS PINTO Duas Quintas Reserva Bianco 2022 (1x75cl)
ADRIANO RAMOS PINTO Duas Quintas Tinto Reserva 2021 (1x75cl)
Dow's 10 Years Old Port (Gift Box) (1x75cl)
Dow's 2016 Vintage Port Tappit Hen - 225cl (Wooden Box) (1x225cl)
Dow's 2017 Vintage Port Tappit Hen - 225cl (Wooden Box) (1x225cl)
Dow's 30 Years Old Port (Gift Box) (1x75cl)
Dow's 40 Years Old Port (Gift Box) (1x75cl)
Dow's LBV Port 2017 - Half Bottle (1x37.5cl)
Dow's Quinta Do Bomfim 2010 (Gift Box) (1x75cl)
Dow's Quinta Do Bomfim 2021 (1x75cl)
Dow's Senhora da Ribeira 2013 - Magnum (Wooden Box) (1x150cl)
Dow's Senhora da Ribeira 2015 - Magnum (Individual Wooden Box) (1x150cl)
Dow's Senhora da Ribeira 2018 (1x75cl)
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