Alicante Bouschet in Alentejo

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

The cooperative's top red, made only in strong vintages from selected Borba parcels, with more concentration and oak than the standard Reserva.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity

Fresh, fruity and elegant with a subtle floral touch; soft and velvety, balanced with vibrant freshness, elegant and polished with good ageing potential.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Tiago Cabaço's flagship red from Quinta da Berlica, a Syrah, Touriga Nacional and Alicante Bouschet blend.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity

Rocim's organic-farmed, indigenous-varieties red, made with minimal intervention from Aragonez, Trincadeira and Alicante Bouschet.

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity

Flavours of red-fruit jam, complexed by wood; velvety, with excellent structure and soft tannins. Best served at 16-18°C.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity

The cooperative's flagship red from the high-altitude Portalegre sub-region, an Aragonez, Trincadeira and Alicante Bouschet blend with the fresher, more acid-driven profile typical of Serra de São Mamede vineyards.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

A selected-lot top tier from Herdade dos Cotéis, more concentrated than the standard Reserva, blending Aragonez and Alicante Bouschet.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Esporão's flagship red blend, built around Aragonez and Trincadeira with Cabernet Sauvignon and Alicante Bouschet for structure; ripe dark fruit and firm, cellar-worthy tannins in the house style.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Sogrape's top red from the Pedrogao estate in the Vidigueira sub-region, an Aragonez, Alicante Bouschet and Cabernet Sauvignon blend made under winemaker Luis Cabral de Almeida.

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity

João Portugal Ramos' top-tier icon wine, an Alicante Bouschet, Touriga Nacional and Cabernet Sauvignon blend built for long ageing in new French oak.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Fernando Soares' flagship red from granite soils near Portalegre, a Trincadeira, Aragonez and Alicante Bouschet blend.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

The Reynolds family's flagship red from their Arronches estate on the Serra de São Mamede slopes, planted with Alicante Bouschet since the 1850s.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Rocim's top-tier red, an Alicante Bouschet, Aragonez and Touriga Nacional blend from the Cuba-Vidigueira estate, built for structure and ageing.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Casa Relvas' flagship red under the Herdade São Miguel label, an Aragonez, Cabernet Sauvignon and Alicante Bouschet blend from the family's Évora estate.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

The Mira brothers' flagship red from vines twenty to sixty years old near Estremoz, a Touriga Nacional, Syrah and Alicante Bouschet blend.

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity

A selected-lot premium tier of Honrado's talha red, with more extract and length than the standard bottling.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

A reserve-tier red named for a member of the Reynolds family, more concentrated than the flagship Glória Reynolds bottling.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

João Portugal Ramos' flagship red from the Vila Santa estate, an Aragonez, Trincadeira, Alicante Bouschet and Cabernet Sauvignon blend with ripe, structured dark fruit.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

An old-vines selection from the Marquês de Borba range, sourced from parcels of low-yielding, decades-old field-blend vines for extra concentration.

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity

A single-vessel (talha unica) selection bottled from just one of the project's vessels - twenty-two clay talhas and four reinforced concrete - rather than blended across the cellar.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity

Named for the winemaker whose memory the project honours, this Aragonez and Alicante Bouschet talha red is XXVI Talhas' core red bottling.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Intense garnet colour with aromas of spicy black fruit, plum jam and ripe olives over a stemmy, minty hallmark; the estate's benchmark long-cellared red from the Carrapetos and Dourada vineyards.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

A rare single-tonel selection of the Mouchão blend, released only in exceptional years, with the estate's spicy dark fruit and firm structure intensified by extra time in cask.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Named for the little owl (olho de mocho) found on the estate, this mid-tier red blends Aragonez, Trincadeira and Alicante Bouschet for a structured, food-friendly style.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity

Fitapreta's everyday red, meaning 'hunch' in Portuguese, a juicy Aragonez, Trincadeira and Alicante Bouschet blend from old vines around Évora.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity

Mouchão's second red label, softer and earlier-drinking than the flagship, built from the same Trincadeira, Aragonez and Alicante Bouschet family of grapes.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Susana Esteban's flagship red from old Serra de São Mamede vines at Alegrete, built around Alicante Bouschet for structure and depth.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Powerful aromas of perfectly ripe red and black fruit, subtle spice notes, a slight touch of forest and a distinct vegetal freshness; concentrated on the palate, with structure and good volume, luscious and glycerine-rich, velvety texture with well-balanced tannins and acidity, well-integrated oak and a long, sophisticated finish.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

The estate's standard-label red, sitting below the Rótulo Dourado tier but sharing its structured, concentrated house style.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Made using gravity rather than pumps, this Aragonez, Alicante Bouschet and Syrah blend is Quinta do Quetzal's flagship red from its schist-slope vineyard.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

A single-vineyard red from the Ravasqueira estate at Arraiolos, blending Touriga Nacional, Alicante Bouschet and Syrah under winemaker David Baverstock.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

CARMIM's top-tier Garrafeira, released only in strong vintages from selected member-grower parcels, with more concentration and oak than the standard DOC range.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Ribafreixo's flagship red from a Vidigueira property consolidated from 28 abandoned plots, an Aragonez and Alicante Bouschet blend.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Sovibor's flagship red, an Aragonez, Trincadeira and Alicante Bouschet blend from this Borba producer formed in a 1968 merger.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

A varietal pairing of Alicante Bouschet with the rarer Tinta Miúda, made using the estate's marble lagares.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

The flagship red of this Monforte wine hotel, made with marble lagares for foot treading and a Touriga Nacional, Aragonez and Alicante Bouschet blend.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Named for a three-amphora blend, this Howard's Folly red combines Alicante Bouschet, Aragonez and Touriga Nacional under winemaker David Baverstock.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

A single-vintage selection from Cortes de Cima's oldest vines, 70 years old at planting, made only when the fruit merits a standalone bottling.