Dry · Contemplative
Cuvées
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
A heady varietal Touriga: tulip, bergamot and tangerine over eucalyptus and cigar box, with an opulent, ripe-tannined palate.
Dry · Contemplative
Dry · Contemplative
Dry · Contemplative · Bold
Dry · Elegant · Savoury
Dry · Bold · Elegant
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A developed Encruzado: dried leaf, gunflint and wet stone opening into exotic fruit and forest notes, fresh and elegant with real persistence.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Purple-ruby with youthful flecks, complex on the nose with forest fruit, pine needles, resin and spice, long and structured in the mouth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A released-with-age varietal Touriga Nacional: violet, blackberry and cherry giving way to mushroom, forest floor, vanilla, cocoa and balsamics.
Outono de Santar
4.5
Sweet · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
From centenarian vines: sour cherry and floral Touriga notes with chocolate, vanilla and toast, and a polished, mentholated palate.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Almost opaque ruby, four years between tank and barrel before bottle: ripe black fruit and spice over integrated wood, powerful but polished with a mineral close.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Complex and deep, with ripe plum, black cherry and wild raspberry running into black truffle and dark roses, then soft tannins and vibrant acidity over a mineral finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Field blend of roughly forty varieties off 75 year old vines, gently extracted: sour cherry and cranberry with flint, truffle and violets, finessed rather than powerful.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Single-parcel Touriga Nacional off half a hectare planted in 1950: exuberant wild red fruit with balsamic and vanilla nuance, concentrated but held by elegant acidity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Contemplative
Drawn from all seven parcels of the estate and 48 varieties of 75 year old vines, three years in used cask leave it elegant and lush rather than hard.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
A half Baga, half Touriga Nacional pairing across two vineyards: vigorous and stony, with fine tannins and a long stony close.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
The estate red in classical mode, tasted by Jamie Goode as complex and refined with lovely energy and a savoury, spicy twist, and real harmony overall.
Dry · Contemplative · Bold
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Deep red with purple reflections: a delicate nose of black plum, bergamot and violet married to fine vanilla, cocoa and spice, full and round in the mouth.
Dry · Elegant · Contemplative
Dry · Bold · Contemplative
Dry · Contemplative
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The estate's flagship: very expressive flowers and fruit, good structure and fresh soft tannins, with a warm, aromatic and persistent finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Fruity
A short, exact estate note: a perfumed nose of live, fresh fruit and a long, appealing finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Ruby with violet tints, red fruit with toast and smoke in a field where floral aromas dominate, lively and firmly built for the table.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Bold
The high-altitude old-vine field blend: juicy and bright with bold cherry fruit and a savoury, spicy edge that shows real detail with bottle age.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
The extended-ageing Reserva off the oldest Saes plantings: sour cherry, rose petal and black pepper leaping out of the glass, juicy on the palate with a mineral beam.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Deep garnet with purple lights and an unusually wide aromatic sweep, from berry fruit through menthol and camphor to earl grey and cocoa, intense but very fresh.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Two years in barrel by variety before blending, dark and spicy, with cocoa and vanilla behind blackcurrant and pine.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury · Rustic
Varietal Tinta Roriz with a grenadine cast: blackberry and mulberry fruit with a vanilla edge, and tannin, body and acidity held in even balance.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Varietal Touriga Nacional in large-format French oak: violets and pine needles over red fruit, with chocolate from the wood and firm tannin under it.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Encruzado without filters, aged in concrete: complex, firm and whole, with a silky texture, granite minerality and a long, precise finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Violets in the nose with the black spice and quartz-like wet granite of altitude, carried by the variety's natural acidity.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Golden, from a multi-vintage assembly of old Teixuga vineyard whites aged years in used barrel: apricot, hazelnut and soft smoke, fresh but explosive in the middle.