Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Fruity
Complex and delicate varietal Alfrocheiro: raspberry, sour cherry and cranberry with rose and woodland flowers, and a fine, layered palate.
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 · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
A wood-marked but fine white from centenarian vines: peach, plum and elderflower with sweet vanilla, layered and elongated on the 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.
Dry · Elegant
Dry · Elegant
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Straw yellow varietal Encruzado, complex on the nose with citrus and mineral notes wrapped in a light dried-fruit aroma, then lively with real texture and volume.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Fruity
Violet in colour with an intense, complex bouquet: florals and wild berries balanced by a bergamot citrus lift, elegant and fresh with firm but smooth tannins.
Dry · Elegant
Dry · Festive · Elegant
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
The estate praises Tinta Pinheira for aromatic delicacy allied to structure, and treats this bottling as an ancestral vinification revived.
Dry · Elegant · Contemplative
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
The estate sums it up as floral, fresh and structured, the balance of the Dão in wine form, from granite plots and six months on fine lees.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Touriga Nacional dominant and drawn from a fifty-year-old granite plot and a younger clay one: elegance, freshness and aromatic richness.
Dry · Elegant · Savoury
Dry · Elegant · Contemplative
Dry · Bold · Elegant
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Encruzado with Malvasia Fina, elegant and balanced: citrus, floral and mineral notes over ripe but delicate fruit, fresh with structure to carry it.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Bright citrine, with an elegant nose of orange blossom, lime and mango, and a palate carried by firm acidity, minerality and freshness.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
The estate's monovarietal Encruzado from altitude: orange with mineral and forest touches over ripe mango and cherry, fresh with crisp acidity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Festive · Elegant
Intensely citrine, with stone fruit and wet stone behind a delicate brioche note, elegant in the mouth with a fine bead and crisp acidity.
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 · 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
Pretexto Tinto
4.1
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Elegant
Fruit-led and vegetal-fresh, with thirty percent whole bunch and large-format French oak keeping the tannins soft and the Dão freshness intact.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
A white pressed from red Touriga Nacional: white fruit with floral and mineral notes and a riper fruit echo of the grape, tense and structured on granite.
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 · Medium tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Elegant
Varietal Alfrocheiro off a 55 year old parcel at 500 metres: deeply coloured, plum and red fruit on the nose, elegant and structured with velvety tannins.
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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Lime-green in the glass, delicately scented with lemon, grapefruit zest and white peach over mineral notes, dry and intense with lees-given volume.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Elegant
Concentrated garnet with purple flashes: high-toned violet and bergamot with plum and a soft balsamic trace, velvety and grand in the mouth.
Dry · Elegant · Contemplative
Dry · Refreshing · Elegant
Dry · Savoury · Elegant
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Three white Dão varieties from Santar: a fruity, delicate nose and a fresh palate whose exuberant finish sits on a lightly acid, smooth texture.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
The estate's Reserva from Santar old vines: fruity and fine on the nose, balanced between body and acidity, with a harmonious and elegant finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Unwooded Encruzado from two Tondela parcels: lemon and ripe peach lifted by mango, with a pure, mineral palate textured by fine lees.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Elegant
Old-vine Touriga Nacional foot-trodden in granite and kept out of barrel: ripe blackberry and plum with violet, bergamot and warm spice.
Dry · Elegant
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 · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Citrine and aromatically complex: citrus, white blossom and tropical fruit with light wood, and a fresh, mineral palate with a long elegant close.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Purple-red varietal Touriga Nacional, elegant and floral with violets, bergamot and cocoa, and a silky, enveloping tannin.
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 · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Unoaked Encruzado from granite and sand at 660 metres, a year on lees in tank: citrus and green apple over wet stone and salt, weighty but cut clean.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Elegant
Four grapes in equal quarters from the Saes vineyard: cherry, pomegranate and candied violet over flint, elegant and fresh with a mineral thread through the finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Elegant
Whole-cluster varietal Touriga Nacional off fifteen year old vines at 550 metres: swirling raspberry, rose petal and orange peel, finishing floral and salty.
Dry · Elegant
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Ruby Alfrocheiro with black cherry and marmalade running into rosemary, balsamic and pipe tobacco, sensual on the palate and unusually elegant for the variety.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Varietal Encruzado from Silgueiros with only a quarter in barrel: elderflower and pear over lemon, fennel and passion fruit, vibrant and full on the palate.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Elegant
Varietal Jaen in ruby, intense and complex on the nose from blackberry and blueberry through Provençal herbs, fig, honey and cinnamon, then delicate and lively to taste.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Deep ruby with purple lights, black plum and fig through cassis, violet and bergamot into Mediterranean scrub, chocolate, coffee and tobacco, silky rather than grippy.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Fruity · Elegant
Lagar-fermented varietal Touriga Nacional with only three months in French oak: vinous and elegant, very ripe red fruit, soft and full with no astringency.
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 · 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 · 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.
Soito Encruzado
4.3
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Straw-citrine Encruzado with Malvasia Fina, barrel fermented with bâtonnage: orange blossom, pear and lime beside a fine vanilla note.
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 · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Savoury
A deep, elegant nose and a mouth the estate describes as round and harmonious, with the structure and balance of a small-lot Alfrocheiro Reserva.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Varietal Jaen from a strict selection: raspberry and light blueberry with cinnamon and clove, velvety tannins and a balsamic, pine-scented close.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Bold
Garnet with violet reflections: blackberry and blueberry with menthol and fine spice, velvety and intense in the mouth with a mineral close.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Elegant
Garnet with violet reflections: blackberry and blueberry with menthol and bergamot, velvety and grand in the mouth, with a long mineral close.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
The estate's house white: Bical's delicate florals against the purity of Encruzado and the austerity of Cerceal Branco, linear and vibrant.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
A concrete-vinified rosé from Tinta Roriz planted between 400 and 500 metres, made for aromatic clarity and physical persistence.
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 · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant
A rare high-altitude Alfrocheiro whose tannins the estate describes as firm but very delicate and structuring rather than heavy.
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 · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Fruity
The cool altitude of the Dão pushes Jaen towards succulence, blue fruit and white spice, with allspice lifting fine, coated tannins.
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 · Refreshing
Barrel-fermented free-run Tinta Roriz: delicate fresh red fruit with a vegetal touch, then a creamy, persistent texture behind marked acidity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Vines of 25 to 60 years on granite at Vila Nova de Tazem, cropped at 4.5 tonnes a hectare and barely extracted: the producer's own description is a very typical Dão reflecting its sense of place.
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 · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Garnet, from selected Quinta do Paço fruit given a year in French oak: red fruits with a toasted edge and some black fruit, balanced with round tannin.
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.