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Top-rated Alicante Bouschet

Every wine

The highest-rated Alicante Bouschet bottlings we have reviewed, one per producer.

4.8 Alentejo Mouchão Herdade do Mouchao 4.7 Alentejo Estremus J. Portugal Ramos, Vinhos 4.7 Douro Valley Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port Quinta do Vesuvio 4.6 Bierzo El Rebolón Bodegas y Viñedos Mengoba 4.5 Bierzo César Márquez Valtuille Vino de Villa Bodegas y Viñedos César Márquez 4.5 Languedoc Les Mal Aimes Domaine Pierre Cros

Region by region

Where Alicante Bouschet is made

4 regions, with their best Alicante Bouschet bottles and the estates that make them.

Wine and cheese

Cheese with Alicante Bouschet

Every cheese
Queijo Serpa Velho Our pick Past 180 days Serpa Velho is hard, dry and slightly brittle, with an intense, lingering flavour. A full-bodied, deeply coloured red led by Alicante Bouschet has the weight to meet it, and the aged ewe's milk fat rounds the wine's tannin. Alicante Bouschet red, Alentejo: Mouchão · Quinta do Mouro Rótulo Dourado · Estremus
Queijo Terrincho Velho Our pick The Velho is a hard, strong aged sheep's cheese. Vintage Port is sweet, black-fruited and firmly structured, and a fortified red of that weight beside a firm aged cheese is a classic structure match: the sweetness meets the strength and the tannin meets the firm paste. Vintage Port, Douro Valley: Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port
Queijo de Évora Our pick Portuguese Wikipedia says Évora cheese was once kept under olive oil in clay talhas. Reds fermented in talha share that clay and carry high acidity that echoes the cheese's slightly acid, picante paste; the lighter, younger bottles suit the semi-hard wheel. Vinho de Talha red, Alentejo: Mestre Daniel Talha Única · Mestre Daniel Tinto · Honrado Talha Premium Tinto
Queijo Serpa Our pick Serpa's buttery, mild paste softens the tannin of a dry red blend of Aragonez and Trincadeira. The lighter, briefly oaked bottles suit a young wheel; the full-bodied, oak-aged reservas want a cheese with more age to hold its own. Aragonez and Trincadeira red, Alentejo: Marquês de Borba Reserva Tinto · Esporão Reserva Tinto · Uma
Queijo de Nisa Our pick Nisa is firm and slightly acid with an intense aroma, and it is made in the same Portalegre district as these reds. Their structure, from medium to full, matches the firm paste, and the cheese's fat softens the tannin. Portalegre red, Alentejo: Conventual Reserva Tinto · Glória Reynolds Tinto · Julian Reynolds Reserva Tinto

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