Casa Kopke ★ 4.6
The riverside tasting house of Kopke, the oldest Port house (founded 1638), pours White, LBV, Vintage and a celebrated run of aged Colheita Tawnies by the glass and in flights.
A guide to Malvasia worth seeking out, by region. We list the estates, how each region expresses the grape, and the bottles that show it best.
Malvasia in Douro Valley
Malvasia in Rioja
Bodegas Muga ★ 4.7
Family bodega in Haro's Barrio de la Estacion with its own cooperage; guided tours end in a tasting of estate Riojas across the ageing rooms.
Abel Mendoza Monge ★ 4.7
A 37-plot grower-producer in San Vicente de la Sonsierra making precise single-variety whites and serious Graciano. A reference for left-bank Sonsierra terroir.
Tip: The white grape varietal bottlings are the connoisseur's pick; allocations are small and move through specialist merchants rather than the cellar door.
Bodega Tentenublo Wines ★ 4.6
Roberto Olivan's low-intervention, old-vine project near Vinaspre, making vivid field-blend Rioja with spontaneous ferments and minimal sulfites.
Tip: Look for the village-and-vineyard bottlings rather than the entry wine; the Escondido and single-site cuvees show what old-vine Vinaspre can do.
Malvasia in Tuscany
Castello di Verrazzano Tasting Cellars ★ 4.4
Tour the cellars of this organic Greve estate, named for the navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano. Flight programme covers Chianti Classico, Riserva, the Sassello IGT, and Vin Santo of the property.
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