Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity
The name translates to 'the Touriga goes naked': a deliberately unoaked single-varietal Touriga Nacional meant to show the grape's aromatics without wood influence.
Every cuvée we cover tagged everyday (under €15), narrowed to Alentejo. 74 cuvées.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity
The name translates to 'the Touriga goes naked': a deliberately unoaked single-varietal Touriga Nacional meant to show the grape's aromatics without wood influence.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
The cooperative's reserve-tier red from the Borba sub-region, an Aragonez, Trincadeira and Cabernet Sauvignon blend from member-grown vineyards.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity
Meaning 'village', Aldeia Branco is Howard's Folly's easy-drinking white, unoaked Arinto and Antão Vaz.
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 · 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.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
A more accessible everyday red from the Reynolds family, named for another family member, blending Trincadeira and Aragonez.
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 · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Described by the estate as a timeless classic, a blend of freshness and elegance for a new Alentejo; Cortes de Cima's everyday red.
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 · 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 · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity
A talha red from XXVI Talhas' revival project at Vila Alva, made in one of the twenty-six antique clay and cement vessels the project works with.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity
A light, crisp Roupeiro and Arinto blend made for everyday drinking, without oak contact.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Mouchão's entry-level red, a Trincadeira and Aragonez blend made for immediate, everyday drinking.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
Julio Bastos' flagship red from Quinta do Carmo, a Touriga Nacional and Petit Verdot blend showing the estate's structured, international-leaning style.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Cartuxa's everyday second label, named for the Fundação Eugénio de Almeida's initials, an approachable Aragonez and Trincadeira blend.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity
A single-varietal Encruzado, a grape more associated with the Dão, grown by Tiago Cabaço at Quinta da Berlica in Estremoz.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Esporão's everyday red, an Aragonez, Trincadeira and Syrah blend built for immediate, fruit-forward drinking.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity
A talha white from Antão Vaz and Roupeiro, showing the textured, savoury character of amphora fermentation.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
Fernando Soares' flagship red from granite soils near Portalegre, a Trincadeira, Aragonez and Alicante Bouschet blend.
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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · High acidity
A barrel-fermented Arinto, Verdelho and Alvarinho blend with peach, lime and citrus notes and toasted-oak character from 9 months in French oak.
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 · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
Herdade do Freixo's flagship red, made in the estate's distinctive forty-metre-deep underground winery near Redondo.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
The flagship red of this Moura farm, an Aragonez and Trincadeira blend from vines worked alongside olive groves on the Guadiana's left bank.
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
The Pohl family's core red from their Albernoa hotel-and-vineyard estate, a Syrah and Touriga Nacional blend.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity
The father-and-son Honrado family's core talha red, made in their museum winery cellar of Roman-rooted clay amphorae in Vila de Frades.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Sovibor's second label, an approachable Castelão and Trincadeira blend for everyday drinking.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity
A natural, minimal-intervention talha white from owner-winemaker Alexandre Frade's Vila de Frades cellar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
A second-tier red from Adega Mayor, blending Aragonez and Touriga Nacional for an approachable, mid-weight style.
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.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
The estate's second red label, an approachable Aragonez, Syrah and Touriga Nacional blend for earlier drinking than the flagship Marias.
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.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity
A youthful, early-release talha red from Geracoes da Talha, meant for drinking soon after bottling.
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 · 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 · Light-bodied · High acidity
An unoaked Antão Vaz and Arinto white made for early drinking at the Peramanca estate.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
The flagship red of this seventeenth-century manor house estate on Évora's granitic soils, an Aragonez and Trincadeira blend.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
A single-varietal Touriga Nacional from Dorina Lindemann's Montemor-o-Novo estate, which specialises in monovarietal Touriga bottlings.
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 · High acidity
A single-varietal Antão Vaz from Quinta do Quetzal's gravity-fed winery, part barrel-fermented for texture.
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 · Medium-bodied · High acidity
The white counterpart to Vinha das Romãs, blending Antão Vaz, Arinto and Viognier from the Arraiolos estate's varied plantings.
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 · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
A mid-tier red from the Redondo cooperative, blending Aragonez and Touriga Nacional for more structure than the entry Porta da Ravessa range.
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 · 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 · 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 · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
The flagship red of the Vila Galé-owned Casa de Santa Vitória estate near Moura, an Aragonez, Syrah and Touriga Nacional blend.
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.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
The flagship red of this Vidigueira estate near the Alqueva reservoir, an Aragonez and Trincadeira blend.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Meaning 'dreamer' in Portuguese, this Touriga Nacional and Syrah blend is a mid-tier red in the Howard's Folly range.
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 · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity
Adega de Borba's talha bottling, made in the traditional clay-amphora method with a savoury, mineral character distinct from the cooperative's oak-aged reds.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
The core red of this biodynamically farmed estate near Igrejinha, an Aragonez, Trincadeira and Cabernet Sauvignon blend from granitic soils.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity
A more accessible reserve tier from Tapada do Chaves, sitting below the old-vines flagship but sharing the estate's fresh, high-acid Portalegre style.
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 · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
A single-varietal Castelão, a grape more associated with Setúbal and Ribatejo, grown on Fitapreta's old Alentejo vines for a juicy, savoury red.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Named for the acorn-fed black pigs of the Alentejo montado, this easy-drinking Aragonez and Trincadeira blend is Herdade do Peso's everyday tier.
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 · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
A members' selection red (Escolha dos Sócios), an Aragonez and Trincadeira blend chosen from the cooperative's best member-grower parcels.
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.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
The estate-named Vila Santa Reserva blends Aragonez and Trincadeira with Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon for a rounder, more immediate style than the Marquês de Borba tier.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Ervideira's entry-tier red, an approachable Aragonez and Trincadeira blend for everyday drinking.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Quinta do Mouro's more accessible second label, an Aragonez and Trincadeira blend for earlier drinking than the estate's flagship tiers.