The cellar
Top-rated Alva
The highest-rated Alva bottlings we have reviewed, one per producer.
Region by region
Where Alva is made
1 regions, with their best Alva bottles and the estates that make them.
Wine and cheese
Cheese with Alva
Queijo de Nisa
Our pick Nisa is a firm ewe's cheese, slightly acid and intensely aromatic, made in the same Portalegre district as these whites. Their high acidity meets the cheese's own and keeps the finish clean against the fat of the raw milk.
Portalegre white, Alentejo: Tapada do Chaves Vinhas Velhas Branco
Queijo Serpa Velho
Our pick Past 180 days Serpa Velho is hard, dry and intense, with a lingering flavour. A dry white fermented or aged wholly or partly in oak has the extra texture to stand beside it, and its acidity cuts the fat of the aged ewe's milk.
Barrel-fermented or part-oaked dry white, Alentejo: Tapada do Chaves Vinhas Velhas Branco
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Taste Alva where it grows
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