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Cuvées
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
A fine-nosed Encruzado of white peach, pear and yellow apple with a buttery lactic edge, unctuous and almost velvety on the palate.
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.
Avô António
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
A fresh and complex barrel-aged Encruzado with citrus and mineral aromatics, balanced in acidity, volume and structure for a long life.
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Dry · Elegant · Contemplative
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Dry · Contemplative · Bold
Dry · Elegant · Contemplative
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Deep red with forest fruit lifted by chocolate and coffee, highly structured and complex, the cooperative's flagship red.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Golden citrine varietal Encruzado with ripe orange, exotic fruit and toast from fifteen months in French oak, full and mineral in the mouth.
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.
Manel Chaves
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Exuberant on the nose with black fruit, eucalyptus, cocoa and tobacco, then silky and fine on the palate after fifteen months in French oak.
Outono de Santar
4.5
Sweet · Contemplative · Elegant
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Elegant and citric, orange peel and tangerine over a light wood note, with a savoury, structured, mineral palate from centenarian vines.
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 · 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 · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
A nineteen-variety old-vine white field blend raised on lees in concrete egg: wet stone and lemon curd, restrained on the palate and remarkably persistent.
Dry · Contemplative · Bold
Dry · Elegant · Contemplative
Dry · Bold · Contemplative
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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 · 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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low acidity · Contemplative
Citrine with a golden cast, a late-harvest Bical and Malvasia Fina: perfumed ripe fruit, soft and full with low acidity and a light touch of French oak.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Half-barrel, half-tank Encruzado: elegant fruit with a touch of resin, freshness first and then the structure and length that made this bottling a Dão benchmark.
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 · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Barrel-fermented Encruzado with a fifth left unoaked: the wood is visible but folded into citrus and tropical fruit, and the finish runs very long.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
A single-vineyard field blend from the Peach Tree parcel where every variety is interplanted: deep, blackcurrant-and-pine scented, with oak-given vanilla and chocolate.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Straw yellow with green tints, rich floral aromatics of orange flower and lemon verbena over wet granite, and a mineral, almost saline palate.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Citrine with straw tints: lime blossom and orange flower over peach, mango and papaya, with a velvety, mineral palate and a long refined close.
Dry · Contemplative
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 · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The estate calls it firm and exuberant, with a silky texture, a linear structure and a marked depth: a wine of the present and the future.
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 · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Big-format wood and concrete, lees without stirring: orange peel and tea leaf over a light toasted reduction, citrus-driven with marked acidity and mineral length.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Lemon yellow varietal Encruzado from a single Quinta do Paço parcel: complex on the nose with orange and a light smoke, green apple and tea on a fine, austere palate.
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.