The Best Wines From Portugal ♦ Portuguese wines are world famous. In Portugal, the wine culture is cultivated from an early age. The Portuguese are great lovers of these delicacies and therefore they make the wine better and better in wonderful farms and vineyards. If you come to Portugal you have to taste our different kinds of wine. Secrets From Portugal leaves here the suggestion of the best among the best.
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Vinhos Península de Setúbal / Setúbal Wines
Vale da Judia – Tinto
Setúbal, a region where the vineyards from this wine are located, is characterized by a microclimate with excellent conditions, unique with sandy soils and the Mediterranean climate, due to the proximity of the sea. The perfect harmony of these elements favours the development of perfectly adapted noble grape varieties, producing wines of exceptional quality. Intense red fruits well conjugated with a slight touch of new wood when new, evolving later to dried fruits, chocolate, spices and coffee. The pre-process of vinification passes through alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks with controlled temperature followed by prolonged skin maceration.
Vale dos Barris Castelão Tinto 2014
It has an intense garnet colour, an aroma of ripe wild fruits, jelly, complexed with notes of new wood. Soft-tasting, with good structure and velvety tannins, it ends with an extended finish with hints of vanilla, coffee and a few notes of chocolate.
Moscatel Roxo Venâncio Costa Lima 2013
Venâncio da Costa Lima is one of the oldest wineries in the region of Palmela, which began operations in 1914. Being a family business, this winery is already in the fourth generation. Producer of Certified Table Wine and Moscatel de Setúbal, this company maintains its objective: to produce current and modern wines, but always showing the profile and characteristics of a wine of this region. It also produces the one that considers being one of the ex-libris of the region: the Moscatel de Setúbal.
Vinhos da Bairrada / Bairrada Wines
Quinta dos Abibes Sublime Tinto 2010
With an intense garnet colour and abundant violet tones, Quinta dos Abibes Sublime Red 2010 has a nuance of floral notes, dried black plums, raisins and macerated forest fruits. In its aromatic portfolio, it also has slight notes of toast and spices. It has a complex, soft and harmonious flavour. It is a distinction for the nobility of the tannins, a product of the stage in new barrels of French Oak. Excellent to side dish based on grilled red meats or with sauces, hake or feathers and well-structured cheeses.
Marquês de Marialva Grande Reserva Tinto 2011
The Marquês of Marialva Grande Reserva presents a clear appearance and an intense garnet colour with slight violet tones. A complex and elegant aroma presents nobility and distinction, the fruit of the long months of maturation in French oak barrels and bottle. In the mouth, it is fruity, soft, balanced and harmonious. Served well with grilled or stewed red meats, hake or feather hunt and cured cheeses.
Volúpia Branco 2016
Voluptuousness and seduction, desire and taste, search for harmony and pleasure to drink white grape. A desire to love hopelessly, to love only by loving, here and beyond. This would be how Florbela Espanca, Portuguese writer, would define this white wine, referring to her poem Volupia, from Charneca in Flor. Intense and expressive aroma, centred on fresh fruit, suggestions of tropical fruits like passion fruit and light mineral. Elegant in the mouth, fruit evident on the palate, very balanced and refreshing acidity, contributing to a harmonious and inviting final persistence. Great for starters of salmon, fish stew or eels, and cheeses.
Lopo de Freitas Tinto 2009
A complex and rich aroma, dense fruit wrapped in notes of plum, chocolate and soft toast. Full and creamy in the mouth, in which the smoked notes and the spicy finish, confirm the remarkable character of this great wine from the region of Bairrada. Especially suitable for strong meat dishes that are well seasoned and with fat.
Vinhos do Alentejo / Alentejo Wines
Poliphonia Reserva Branco 2016
Its easy appreciation and high freshness make this wine the perfect option for those who like an elegant wine to accompany an inspired meal. With a strong garnet colour, it is a structured and complex wine with ripe fruit aroma of the woods and spices, which offers a huge potential for ageing in the bottle. In the mouth, it is bulky, fresh, with tannins present but soft. Ideal to accompany well-seasoned dishes like hunt dishes and wood oven roasts.
Valcatrina by Santos Lima Rosado 2016
This Alentejo wine has a pleasant rosy colour and an evident aromatic intensity to red and black fruits. With a Refreshing profile and a balanced persistence, this is an easy and inviting wine that can be drunk on any occasion. It also serves as an excellent accompaniment of salads, seafood, grilled meats and barbecue. Obtained through the best plots of Touriga Nacional and Syrah, it was fermented in stainless steel tanks for 20 days at low temperatures. Subsequently, the wine remained in contact with fine lees for 5 months.
Mingorra Vinhas da Ira 2011
With very intense and closed colour, accentuated and complex aroma remembering very ripe red fruits, balanced acidity, very bulky in the mouth, the full-bodied and long end of the mouth. Slight cold maceration; traditional fermentation of tanning in mills with controlled fermentation temperature at 26 °C; 18 months of internship in French oak. It accompanies brilliantly grilled meat, fish and any kind of baked goods.
Herdade dos Grous Moon Harvest 2014
The Herdade dos Grous Moon Harvest 2014 is born from a principle, which is based on the joining of ancestral knowledge with recent studies, in which the cycles of the moon interact with the physiological development of plants, namely with the intensity of the transport of the sap in certain lunar phases. The winemaking process goes through a manual harvest during the cycle of greater influence by the moon in the transportation of the sap. It also goes through fermentation in wineries with prolonged maceration, ending in a 12-month stage in new French oak barrels.
Vinhos Douro / Douro Wines
Cistus Grande Reserva Tinto 2009
The Grande Reserva is produced only in years of exceptional harvests. After their vinification, the lots are evaluated regularly during their cask stage. The best batches are selected and after a final analysis, only then the decision is made to bottle under the Grande Reserva brand. The vinification is made in stainless steel tanks with temperature control and using a “turbo-pigeur” for the reruns which allows a smooth extraction of tannins. After a short maceration after fermentation, the wine is submitted to stage. Posted with egg whites and after a light filtration, the batch is finally bottled.
Dona Graça Grande Reserva Sousão 2013
Its colour is typical of Sousão, making the wine practically opaque to light. The aroma is delicate, but at the same time has some austerity, without any traces of herbaceous or vegetables. In the mouth, it surprises by the balance between a powerful body, a vibrant acidity and an attractive aroma, which gives it a charming finish. The Fermentation is made in granite mills with mechanical steps. After malolactic, the wine is transferred to oak barrels, where it stems for about twelve months. The bottling was done in June 2013, after slight glueing and filtration. It has been stabilized by the natural cold of two winters and may, therefore, form a tenuous precipitate with time, which in no way impairs the quality of the wine.
Pombal do Vesúvio 2015
One of the celebrated reds of the Quinta do Vesuvio, the Pombal do Vesuvio is built with the highest proportion of Touriga Franca (60%), maintaining the real touch of Quinta’s wines. Here, the Touriga Nacional grape variety (30%) contributes with fine floral notes and leaves, leaving an impressive wine structure. The small portion of Yellow Ink brings the balance and harmony that characterize this fantastic wine. This full-bodied wine, of clear gastronomic ability, is so soft that it offers great pleasure even without accompanying any food. It is truly one of the best wines of the Douro region.
Vinhos Verde / Verde Wine
Quinta de Linhares Azal Branco 2017
It is a wine exclusively from the Azal variety, which is a very little known rustic breed. It is a wine with lemon aromas, quite reminiscent of fruits, such as lime and pineapple. It was awarded as the best green wine of 2018 by the Green Wine Viticulture Commission, at a gala held at the fabulous new Cruise Terminal of the Port of Leixões. It is an excellent wine with fish, salads, white meats and cheeses or as an appetizer.
Quinta da Raza Avesso Branco 2017
The harvest of this fantastic wine is made manually for small boxes. Its vinification is carried out by the method of pressing the grapes at low pressure, followed by alcoholic fermentation in modern stainless steel vats, at highly controlled temperatures. Finishing this process, the wine accumulates in stainless steel vats for about four months, in the presence of fine lees. Before bottling, the wine is carefully filtered and stabilized through low temperatures. It is a very versatile wine which goes well with any kind of meat, fish or seafood.
Quinta do Regueiro Primitivo Alvarinho Branco 2015
With a citrus colour, the aroma of Quinta do Regueiro Primitivo Alvarinho 2015 White wine presents a great complexity, where the fruity style stands out. A very full-bodied wine, with a great volume and lots of freshness. It goes very well with some meats, fish and assorted seafood. The process of vinification counts on fermentation at a controlled temperature, through advanced technology, but, yet again, always respecting the traditional methods. It comes from very old vineyards, which average around 30 years old, located in the Region of the Rota dos Vinhos Verdes.
Quinta do Regueiro Alvarinho Reserva Branco 2017
With a citrus-scented aroma, the 2017 Quinta do Regueiro Alvarinho Reserva Branco has a light touch of lime leaf. It confirms in the mouth this style, modern and well worked, shows to be exuberant and fine, with a correct acidity to sustain the freshness of the set. Quinta do Regueiro consists of a group of small plots, occupying a total area of 6 hectares. After successive years of excellent harvests, it was put into practice the owners’ old dream, to obtain a registered trademark. This wine brand Alvarinho was born at the beginning of 1999, where the word quality and dedication is the key to the prestige already achieved.
Vinhos do Dão / Dão Wines
Quinta da Ponte Pedrinha Branco 2016
The wine from Quinta da Ponte da Pedrinha (a white wine), has a clean and citrus fruity aroma with green apple and pear and some citrus fruit. In the mouth, it has a delicate and soft acidity. Excellent as an appetizer, as well as to accompany fish and seafood dishes.
Chão da Quinta Vinho do Dão Premium Selection
This wine was carefully prepared from a careful selection of the Touriga-Nacional variety. He spent nine months in Allier French oak. It has a very intense red colour with purple highlights. It reveals a full round flavour, well-muscled, with the presence of educated tannins. It is fine, with the exquisite bouquet and long persistence. It should be served at 16 to 18ºC, with red meat and cheese.
Quintas de Sirlyn Jaen Tinto 2012
Quintas de Sirlyn Jaen Red of 2012 is a unique wine. It has a very expressive aroma, especially red and ripe black fruits, some cocoa and roasted nuances. The Quintas de Sirlyn Jaen red also has excellent tannins, very full-bodied, with a very good structure of mouth and aroma of the fruit with balsamic touches. It is certainly an amazing wine.
Fonte Do Ouro Reserva Especial Touriga Nacional
The Fonte do Ouro Reserva Especial features a floral scent, violets and bergamots, ripe gooseberry and well-matched with wood. With robust but soft tannins, this is a wine of great balance and complexity. Fonte do Ouro Reserva Tinto 2015, with a lot of Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Alfrocheiro and Jaen, presents itself with the aroma of red fruits and chocolate, well married with the aroma of the wood. In the mouth, the good tannins stand out, the complexity and persistence remarkable.
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