38 editor-picked estates growing Aragonez in Alentejo.
Where to taste Aragonez in Alentejo: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
Winery of the Fundacao Eugenio de Almeida, a foundation established in 1963, farming 300 plus hectares near Evora, winemaking since the 1800s.
Tasting: Winery tours and tastings at Quinta de Valbom, near the Cartuxa Convent just outside Evora's historic centre.
Signature wines: Cartuxa Reserva, EA Tinto
Grower cooperative founded in 1955 in the Borba sub-region, certifying DOC Alentejo wines from member farmed vineyards, with a tasting room, shop and restaurant.
Tasting: Guided winery visits Monday to Saturday at 11:00 and 15:00 with four tasting packages from 9.99 to 20.00 euros, plus a wine shop and an on site restaurant.
Signature wines: adega-de-borba-reserva-tinto, adega-de-borba-grande-reserva-tinto, adega-de-borba-vinhas-do-marmore-tinto, montes-claros-tinto, talhas-de-borba-tinto
Cooperative founded in 1954 in Portalegre, bottling the Conventual, Portalegre and Terras de Baco ranges from Serra de Sao Mamede vineyards.
Tasting: Winery visits Monday to Friday with prior booking; on site shop and an online store.
Signature wines: Conventual Reserva, Conventual, Portalegre DOC, Terras de Baco
Cooperative cellar in Redondo founded in 1956, grouping about 200 growers and making roughly twelve million litres a year, three quarters of it red.
Tasting: Visits and tastings in the tasting room Monday to Saturday 09:00 to 19:00, prior booking recommended.
Signature wines: Porta da Ravessa, Real Lavrador, Flos, AR Reserva, Albarrada
Reguengos de Monsaraz grower cooperative founded in 1971, whose members farm the vineyards behind its DOC Reguengos range, poured at a tasting shop in town.
Tasting: Seven booked tasting flights at the Loja Espaco CARMIM in central Reguengos de Monsaraz, Monday to Saturday, one of which pairs the tasting with a winery visit.
Signature wines: reguengos-doc-tinto, reguengos-doc-branco, reguengos-selecao-doc-tinto, reguengos-reserva-dos-socios-tinto, reguengos-garrafeira-dos-socios-tinto
Cooperative founded in 1951 at Granja in the Granja-Amareleja sub-region, working ungrafted Moreto vines and running a small wine museum on site.
Tasting: Small wine museum and cellar open Monday to Friday 09:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 17:00, prior booking advised.
Signature wines: Granja Amareleja Tinto DOC, Granja Amareleja Tinto DOC Premium, Granja Amareleja Branco DOC
Vidigueira estate planted in 1991 by Carrie and Hans Jorgensen, with 64 hectares farmed on biodynamic and regenerative lines and three booked tastings.
Tasting: Three booked tastings from 15 to 60 euros, each with olive oil, bread and cheese, Monday to Friday 10.00 to 12.00 and 14.00 to 16.00, booking 24 hours ahead.
Signature wines: incognito, cortes-de-cima-tinto, chamine-tinto, salino-branco
Leal da Costa family estate making wine since 1880, with 120 hectares split between Vidigueira and Reguengos and a tasting lounge at Herdade da Herdadinha.
Tasting: Tours and tastings at the Wine Lounge Adega at Herdade da Herdadinha plus the Evora and Monsaraz wine shops, with blending, blind tasting and picnic programmes.
Signature wines: conde-dervideira-reserva, conde-dervideira-private-selection, conde-dervideira-vinho-da-agua, vinha-dervideira, invisivel, lusitano
Antonio Macanita and David Booth founded Fitapreta in 2004, working 20 hectares of old Alentejo vines from the 14th century Paco do Morgado de Oliveira near Evora.
Tasting: Open daily 10:00 to 18:00, booking required, with group and private tastings, olive oil tastings, a wine bar and the restaurant A Cozinha do Paco on site.
Signature wines: palpite-tinto, palpite-branco, fitapreta-branco-ancestral, tinto-de-castelao, a-touriga-vai-nua, os-paulistas
Soares family Relais and Chateaux estate at Albernoa founded in 1998, farming 80 hectares for the Marias da Malhadinha and Monte da Peceguina wines.
Tasting: Guided estate and winery tours with tiered tastings and themed evening sessions, Monday to Saturday; hotel guests only on Sunday.
Signature wines: marias-da-malhadinha, monte-da-peceguina, malhadinha-brut-natural-rose
Grape growing family estate near Estremoz tracing to at least 1667, now run by brothers Luis and Carlos Mira across 220 hectares of vines aged twenty to sixty years.
Tasting: Wine tastings and purchases at the estate, with an 80 seat restaurant on site.
Signature wines: Herdade das Servas Reserva, Herdade das Servas Colheita
Fifty two hectare estate at Urra near Portalegre, planted from 1999 by Fernando Soares to Trincadeira, Aragonez and Alicante Bouschet on granite soils.
Tasting: No published visitor programme; the estate sells through the Glano Wine Growers company and its northern distribution base.
Signature wines: Fonte Seca Escolha, Fonte Seca Reserva, Lysias
Reynolds family estate near Casa Branca whose 1901 winery still makes Alicante Bouschet led reds, including the long cellar aged Mouchao Tonel No 3-4.
Tasting: Tastings and guided visits for small groups by appointment in Portuguese, Spanish and English, Monday to Friday.
Signature wines: mouchao, mouchao-tonel-3-4, ponte-mouchao
Sogrape estate at Pedrogao in the Vidigueira sub-region, with 160 hectares of vineyard planted to Aragonez, Alicante Bouschet, Antao Vaz and Arinto.
Tasting: No public visitor programme is published for the estate; Sogrape lists its Portuguese wine tourism at Douro venues only.
Signature wines: Essencia do Peso, Sossego, Trinca Bolotas
Estate between Vidigueira and Cuba planted from 2000, with 70 hectares of vineyard, working clay talha fermentation alongside its Olho de Mocho range.
Tasting: Cellar door Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 to 18:00, Monday and Sunday by reservation, with talha and Olho de Mocho tastings, an amphora tour and pairing menus.
Signature wines: grande-rocim-tinto, olho-de-mocho-tinto, rocim-amphora-tinto, vinho-de-talha-tinto, bio-indigena-tinto
Winery and visitor centre set in a converted heritage building in Estremoz, founded in 2005 by Howard Bilton and made with winemaker David Baverstock.
Tasting: Restaurant and visitor centre in a converted heritage building, Wednesday to Sunday, with tours, tastings and restaurant bookings.
Signature wines: Tres Anforas, Sonhador, Cristina, Aldeia, Reserva Tinto
Vila Santa winery at Estremoz in the Borba sub-region, started by winemaker Joao Portugal Ramos in 1990 and now working 500 hectares of Alentejo vineyard.
Tasting: Guided winery visits and tastings at Vila Santa with a wine shop, courses, harvest days and vineyard walks, Monday to Saturday, booking required.
Signature wines: marques-de-borba-reserva, marques-de-borba-vinhas-velhas-tinto, vila-santa-reserva-tinto, estremus
Arraiolos estate held by the Jose de Mello family since 1943, with 45 hectares of vines planted from 1998, a carriage museum, a restaurant and booked tastings.
Tasting: Daily booked visits pairing a vineyard and carriage museum tour with tastings of two to six wines, plus blending sessions, craft workshops and a restaurant for groups.
Signature wines: ravasqueira-vinha-das-romas-tinto, ravasqueira-vinha-das-romas-branco, ravasqueira-heritage, ravasqueira-reserva-da-familia, ravasqueira-selecao-do-ano
Estremoz estate founded in 1989 by Miguel Louro, with 27 hectares of vineyard in the Borba sub-region and a weekday tasting room in the winery.
Tasting: Tasting room Monday to Friday 9.00 to 18.00, weekends by advance reservation only, with a visit plus three wine tasting from 8 euros.
Signature wines: quinta-do-mouro-rotulo-dourado, quinta-do-mouro-tinto, vinha-do-mouro-reserva, zagalos-tinto
Vila de Frades estate on schist slopes near the Serra do Mendro, replanted from 2000, inaugurated 2006, farming 35 hectares of white and red vines.
Tasting: Tastings, restaurant and an art centre at the estate, designed around gravity fed rather than pumped winemaking.
Signature wines: Quinta do Quetzal Tinto, Quinta do Quetzal Antao Vaz
Reynolds family estate at Monte da Figueira de Cima near Arronches on the Serra de Sao Mamede slopes, growing wine since 1850 with early Alicante Bouschet plantings.
Tasting: Guided estate tours and tastings for roughly 2 to 30 guests, minimum one hour, booked through the estate enoturismo page.
Signature wines: gloria-reynolds-tinto, julian-reynolds-reserva, carlos-reynolds, robert-r-reynolds
Monsaraz estate farmed by the same family since 1820, with 15 hectares of vineyard, a first organic certified harvest in 2021 and wines made by Susana Esteban.
Tasting: Tasting room daily 11:30 to 19:00, reservations advised, with vineyard walks, a blending workshop, a harvest experience and olive oil tastings.
Signature wines: barrocal-reserva-tinto, barrocal-reserva-branco, barrocal-rose, barrocal-white-amphorae, barrocal-talha
Borba producer formed in 1968 from a merger of two small wine producers, farming 200 hectares of vines under the Sovibor and Valflor labels.
Tasting: Tastings bookable through the producer's own reservation system, alongside an online shop.
Signature wines: Sovibor Reserva, Mamore de Borba
Vila de Frades talha specialist run by owner winemaker Alexandre Frade, fermenting natural wines and ageing them one to four years in clay amphorae.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment at the Vila de Frades tasting room, with programmes for small, medium and large groups.
Signature wines: millennial-branco, vale-palheiro-branco, 1856-branco, castas-antigas-branco, ermida-de-santa-clara-tinto
Historic Portalegre estate on the slopes of Serra de Sao Mamede, working vineyard parcels documented as planted in 1901 and 1903 for its old vine bottlings.
Tasting: On-site tasting room, visits by phone or email appointment, part of the Alentejo wine tourism route.
Signature wines: tapada-do-chaves-vinhas-velhas-branco, tapada-do-chaves-vinhas-velhas-tinto, tapada-do-chaves-tinto-reserva
Boutique wine hotel and cellar on a Monforte estate dating to 1338 and reopened in 2014, farming 7 hectares of vines with marble lagares for foot treading.
Tasting: Boutique cellar with marble lagares, a barrel room and a tasting room, open daily, with a three wine tasting, blending workshop, pairing menus and a harvest programme.
Signature wines: torre-de-palma-reserva-tinto, torre-de-palma-musas-tinto, torre-de-palma-arinto-alvarinho, reserva-da-familia, torre-de-palma-alicante-bouschet-tinta-miuda
The CVRA's own wine-route centre inside Evora's UNESCO old town, pouring a rotating flight from among the region's member producers alongside soil and sub-region displays.
One of Portugal's original wine-tourism estates since 1997, Esporao's two-hour visit runs through the organic vineyards and the Monte Velho and Lagares wineries before a seated Classic or Premium flight.
Siza Vieira's horizontal white cellar in Campo Maior pairs its architecture tour with a tasting room opening onto a lawn and marble-panelled terrace, plus wine workshops and picnic formats.
The Fundacao Eugenio de Almeida's 16th-century former Jesuit residence 2km from Evora's old town, where guided tours through the working cellars end with a tasting of red, white and rose plus olive oil.
A 744-hectare family estate in the Baixo Alentejo pairing guided tours of the vineyards and winery with single-vineyard and vertical tastings of the Marias and Monte da Peceguina ranges.
A hub for the Alentejo's talha amphora revival between Cuba and Vidigueira, with an auditorium, shop and terraces overlooking the vines built around husband-and-wife winemakers Pedro Ribeiro and Catarina Vieira.
A 70-hectare Baixo Alentejo estate 20km from Beja combining wine production with livestock and rural tourism, its winery visit running from vinification stages through to a seated tasting flight.
Founded by a Danish sailing couple who restored a derelict Vidigueira farm, Cortes de Cima now farms over 100 hectares organically and biodynamically, pouring tiered tastings with olive oil, bread and cheese.
Home to two of the Alentejo's oldest working vineyards, planted in 1901 and 1903 on the granite slopes of the Serra de Sao Mamede, revived since 2017 under the Eugenio de Almeida Foundation.
The historic Mouchao estate's second label, named for a past generation of the Reynolds family. An easy-drinking Alentejo red from the same Alicante Bouschet-led vineyards that built the estate's flagship reputation.
Tip: Dom Rafael is the accessible route into Mouchao's Alicante Bouschet style without the wait or the price of the flagship Mouchao bottling.
A step up from Dom Rafael, Ponte Mouchao carries more of the estate's structured, Alicante Bouschet-driven character while staying just under the twenty-five euro mark.
Tip: This is the closest most drinkers get to the flagship Mouchao style without paying flagship prices.
A field-blend red from old vineyards, mixing five traditional Alentejo varieties into a deep garnet wine with dark fruit and mineral notes, built for traditional Alentejo cooking.
Tip: Pair it with grilled cured meats or aged cheese; the old-vine field-blend character shows best with rustic Alentejo food.