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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 Reserva just about
my favourite red wine in the entire list - staggering purity of fruit.
2005
Quinta dos Roques Tinto
Price: £8.98
Bin No.
PG03
2003/05
Quinta dos Roques
Reserva
Price: £19.95
Bin No. PG12
1999
Quinta dos Roques
Alfrocheiro Preto
Price: £12.98
Bin No. PG11
1999
Quinta dos Roques
Touriga Naçional
Price: £14.98
Bin No. PG08
2002/05
Quinta dos Roques
Encruzado
Price: £8.99
Bin No. PG68
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.
1995
Passadouro Tinto
Price: £16.98
Bin No. PG01
1997
Redoma
Tinto
Price: £19.95
Bin No.
PG10
2005/07
Redoma
Branco
Price: £14.98
Bin No. PG71
2006/07
Redoma
Rosado
Price: £9.99
Bin No. PG81
Quinta de la Rosa-Douro
The Berquist 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 some of the very best value on our entire wines list. The Val de
Clara Rosé is a delectable rich but dry rosé made from the free-run juice from
the port grapes - perfect barbecue wine- and the Val de Clara red an
absolute barnstormer packed with damson fruit.
2005/06
Val de Clara
Douro
Price: £6.99
Bin No. PG21
2001/02
Quinta de la Rosa
Douro
Price: £9.99
Bin No. PG20
2006/07
Val de Clara
Douro
Price: £6.99
Bin No. PG91
Rui Madeira-Douro
The
superb Castello d'Alba Reserva white that is barrel fermented and has a
great buttery nose with tropical fruit flavours.
2005/06 Castello d'Alba Reserva
Douro
Price: £7.98
Bin No. PG63
Raymond Reynolds-Douro
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! We now have the second
wine of Macedos, 'Pinga do Torto' which displays much of the same structure and
power but is made for drinking young
2004
Pinga do Torto
Price: £11.98
Bin No.
PG05
2000
Quinta de Macedos
Douro
Price: £26.95
Bin No. PG15
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