2 editor-picked Alicante Bouschet producers across 2 regions.
A guide to Alicante Bouschet worth seeking out, by region. We list the estates, how each region expresses the grape, and the bottles that show it best.
A grand Douro Superior estate bought by the Symington family in 1989, Quinta do Vesuvio still treads its grapes by foot in granite lagares and makes a single-quinta Vintage Port every year it declares.
Tasting: Private full-day estate experience with foot-treading lagares, by reservation.
Signature wines: quinta-do-vesuvio-vintage-port
Minervois old-vine specialist at Badens west of Carcassonne, run by Pierre Cros with a deep focus on rare Languedoc varieties (Alicante Bouschet, pre-phylloxera Aramon) bottled separately.
Tasting: Cellar tastings at Badens by appointment
Signature wines: pierre-cros-vieilles-vignes, pierre-cros-cuvee-2017, pierre-cros-alicante
Tip: The Alicante Bouschet varietal is the rarity bottle in the cellar; the Vieilles Vignes is the heritage Carignan-Grenache.
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