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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. And for those patient Portuguese wine lovers who
have read in
this section of our list for many years ‘watch this space’ - well,
I hope you
have now something to enjoy.
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 new Quinta do Correio wines both
medal
winners in their own right.
2007
Quinta do Correio Tinto
Price: £7.99
Bin No.
PG02
2007
Quinta dos Roques Tinto
Price: £10.98
Bin No.
PG03
1999
Quinta dos Roques
Alfrocheiro Preto
Price: £12.98
Bin No. PG11
1999
Quinta dos Roques
Encruzado
Price: £11.99
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
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
1999/06
Redoma
Tinto
Price: £19.95
Bin No.
PG10
2005
Redoma
Branco
Price: £16.98
Bin No. PG71
2006
Redoma
Rosado
Price: £9.99
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 red
(the renamed and inproved Val de Clara red)
is an absolute barnstormer
packed with damson fruit, definitely a wine not to be missed.
The Quinta de
la Rosa ‘Aguia’ is also a complex wine that has been aged
in French oak barriques.
2004
Val de Clara
Douro
Price: £9.99
Bin No. PG21
2005
Quinta de la Rosa
Douro
Price: £12.99
Bin No. PG20
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
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: £26.95
Bin No. PG15
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