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Portugal has some of the world’s most exciting and
most individual wines.
To those of you who have yet to discover the delights of
these wines, give
them a try.
Bacalhoa - Sebutal
Founded in 1022, Bacalhoa is one of the
foremost wine producers in Portugal with over
500 hectares of vineyards. JP Azeitao Tinto is an attractive, fruit
driven blend of Castello,
Aragones and Syray whlie the Branco is a blend of Moscatel and Fernao
Pires, giving
it attractive aromatic fruit and a dry finish. Moscatel d Sebutal
is one of Europe's most
renowned Pudding wines with glorious apricot and raisin flavours.
NV
JP Azeitao
Tinto
Price: £6.49
Bin No.
PG17
NV
JP Azeitao Branco
Price: £6.49
Bin No. PG67
2003
Moscatel d Sebutal
Price: £8.49
Bin No.
DW44
Quinta dos Roques-Dao
One of Portugal’s greatest wine estates: the white Encruzado has complex
apricot and cream flavours with bags of acidity, the Roques Tinto
displays a
staggering purity of fruit - and the Quinta do Correio wines both
medal
winners in their own right.
2007/08
Quinta do Correio Tinto
Price: £7.99
Bin No.
PG02
2007/08
Quinta dos Roques Tinto
Price: £10.98
Bin No.
PG03
1999
Quinta dos Roques
Alfrocheiro Preto
Price: £12.99
Bin No. PG11
1999
Quinta dos Roques
Encruzado
Price: £12.99
Bin No. PG68
2009
Quinta do Correio Branco
Price: £7.99
Bin No.
PG62
Dirk Niepoort - Douro
A stunning range of wines from the legendary Dirk Niepoort. The Redoma
wines are considered Portugal’s finest and are produced in tiny quantities.
The Redoma whites are barrel fermented in French oak and the breathtaking
Redoma rosé is made from the barrel-fermented free-run juice from Niepoort’s
finest port lagares. The Passadouro Tinto is 100% organic and
made from
ancient vine Tinto Roriz, foot trodden in lagares, and, bottled
unfiltered in 1997.
Will age for decades yet.
The drink me Douro is stunningly approachable but still dark and rich.
2007/08
Drink Me Douro Tinto
Price: £9.99
Bin No. PG16
2007
Drink Me Douro Tinto (5 litre in
wood)
Price: £79.50
Bin No. PG04
1995
Passadouro Tinto
Price: £16.98
Bin No. PG01
1999
Redoma
Tinto
Price: £19.95
Bin No.
PG10
2005
Redoma
Branco
Price: £16.98
Bin No. PG71
2008/09
Redoma
Rosado
Price: £11.99
Bin No. PG81
Quinta de la Rosa - Douro
The Bergqvist family own the
glorious Quinta de la Rosa estate, just outside Pinhao. Famous for their ports,
they have also developed a range of wines that I think offer an excellent
example of Douro wines at their best. The douRosa range are stunning: the
douRosa rosé is made from the free-run juice from the port grapes and is the
most serious rosé on our list and can be drunk throughout the year. The DouRosa
white is only available in tiny quantities and is an intriguing wine with almost
Burgundian acidity made from grapes (you’ll never have heard of the varieties!)
that are grown high up on the granite slopes at over 600 metres. The douRosa red
is an absolute barnstormer packed with damson fruit, definitely a wine not to be
missed.
The La Rosa red is a complex wine that has
been aged in French oak barriques and is made from low yielding ‘A’ grade port
grapes – Tinto Roriz, Touriga Nacional, and Touriga Franca.
2009
Dourosa
Douro
Price: £10.99
Bin No. PG21
2008
La Rosa
Douro
Price: £14.99
Bin No. PG23
2010
Dourosa
Branco
Price: £16.98
Bin No. PG61
2010
Dourosa
Rosado
Price: £10.99
Bin No. PG91
Casa de Saima - Bairrada
Graca Meranda makes bench mark Bairrada, with
foot trodden Baga grapes that are then aged in 100 year old vats
2007/08
Casa de Saima
Tinto
Price: £9.99
Bin No. PG06
Quinta de Macedos
The Grange Hermitage of Portugal. A vast,
blockbuster that I simply couldn't
hold in my mouth when I sampled it from the
vat.
Now it has developed into a
great structured red and is winning great
accolades. One to watch! The second
wine of
Macedos, 'Pinga do Torto' displays much of the
same structure and
power but is made for drinking young
2005
Pinga do Torto
Price: £13.98
Bin No.
PG05
2002
Quinta de Macedos
Douro
Price: £35.95
Bin No. PG15
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