Aldeia Branco
3.8
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity
Meaning 'village', Aldeia Branco is Howard's Folly's easy-drinking white, unoaked Arinto and Antão Vaz.
Cuvées
Caiado Tinto
3.8
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Adega Mayor's entry-tier red, named for the whitewashed (caiado) Alentejo farmhouse style, an easy Aragonez and Trincadeira blend.
Chaminé Branco
3.9
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity
Described by the estate as a manifesto of the coastal Alentejo terroir in its purest, most elegant form: a fresh, direct white built for early drinking.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity
A fresh, high-acid white from Portalegre's cooler, higher-altitude vineyards, blending Arinto, Fernão Pires and Antão Vaz.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity
A light, crisp Roupeiro and Arinto blend made for everyday drinking, without oak contact.
Dom Rafael Tinto
3.8
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Mouchão's entry-level red, a Trincadeira and Aragonez blend made for immediate, everyday drinking.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Esporão's everyday red, an Aragonez, Trincadeira and Syrah blend built for immediate, fruit-forward drinking.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity
A youthful, early-release talha wine meant to be drunk soon after bottling, showing the fresh, juicy side of the amphora method rather than its savoury, aged register.
Dry · Light-bodied · Medium acidity
A simple, unoaked Roupeiro and Perrum white from the cooperative's member growers in Granja-Amareleja.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
A Moreto-led red from ungrafted old vines around Granja and Amareleja, in the hottest, driest corner of the Alentejo.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity
The estate's annual-harvest white, unoaked Antão Vaz and Roupeiro for easy, early drinking.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity
The estate's Reserva white: 35% Arinto, 35% Alvarinho and 30% Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Riesling, four months in new French oak and six in bottle.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity
An unoaked Antão Vaz and Arinto white from the Albernoa estate, made for easy drinking alongside the estate's hotel restaurant.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Sovibor's second label, an approachable Castelão and Trincadeira blend for everyday drinking.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Esporão's high-volume second label, an easy-drinking Aragonez, Trincadeira and Cabernet Sauvignon blend for weeknight pours.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity
A fresh, unoaked Antão Vaz and Roupeiro blend, the entry-tier white from Malhadinha Nova.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity
A pale, crisp rosé made by direct pressing of Aragonez and Touriga Nacional for a fresh, summer style.
Moreto
3.9
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity
A rare single-varietal bottling of Moreto, a light-skinned, low-tannin red grape traditionally used for early-drinking wines in the eastern Alentejo.
Natalha Tinto
3.9
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity
A youthful, early-release talha red from Geracoes da Talha, meant for drinking soon after bottling.
Palpite Branco
4.0
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity
The white counterpart to Palpite Tinto, an Arinto and Perrum blend made fresh and unoaked from old Évora-area vines.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity
An unoaked Antão Vaz and Arinto white made for early drinking at the Peramanca estate.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity
A fresh, unoaked white from Mouchão's Antão Vaz, Arinto and Verdelho vines, made for early drinking.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
The Redondo cooperative's widely distributed everyday red, a Trincadeira, Aragonez and Castelão blend built for immediate drinking.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
CARMIM's core red under the Reguengos DOC designation, a Trincadeira, Aragonez and Cabernet Sauvignon blend from the cooperative's member growers.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity
Santa Vitória's oak-aged white tier: Chardonnay, Arinto and Verdelho, 30% barrel-fermented with lees ageing, finishing elegant and mineral with a strong acid line.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity
Herdade do Sobroso's Reserva white, hand-harvested and gently pressed, matured on lees with partial French oak ageing for added texture.
Solstício Branco
4.1
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity
A fresh, organically farmed white from old bush vines, made with minimal intervention on the cooler Portalegre slopes.
Tinta Carvalha
3.9
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity
A single-varietal bottling of Tinta Carvalha, another rare Alentejo red grape Fitapreta works to preserve from old field-blend vineyards.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity
A single-varietal Antão Vaz from the cooperative's Vidigueira-area growers, showcasing the grape's home appellation with citrus and stone-fruit freshness.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity
A reserve-tier white blending Antão Vaz with Roupeiro, part barrel-fermented for more texture than the cooperative's varietal bottling.