Cuvées

A Touriga Vai Nua

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity

FitapretaAlentejo€€€€€Still Red

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.

Amphora Tinto

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity

Herdade do RocimAlentejo€€€€€€€Still Red

Rocim's amphora-fermented red, made in the traditional Vidigueira talha method, with a savoury, mineral edge distinct from the estate's oak-aged wines.

Barrocal Talha Tinto

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity

Sao Lourenco do BarrocalAlentejo€€€€€€€Still Red

São Lourenço do Barrocal's clay-amphora bottling, made in the Reguengos-Monsaraz talha tradition alongside the estate's oak-aged range.

Dona Maria Amantis

4.2

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity

Dona Maria, Julio BastosAlentejo€€€€€€€Still White

A single-varietal Viognier from Julio Bastos' Estremoz estate, barrel-fermented for a rich, floral, stone-fruit-driven white.

Encruzado Branco

4.0

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity

Tiago Cabaco WineryAlentejo€€€€€Still White

A single-varietal Encruzado, a grape more associated with the Dão, grown by Tiago Cabaço at Quinta da Berlica in Estremoz.

Esporão Touriga Nacional

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Herdade do EsporãoAlentejo€€€€€€€Still Red

A single-varietal expression of Touriga Nacional grown on the Reguengos estate, showing the grape's characteristic violet aromatics over a firm, full-bodied frame.

Esporão Vinho de Talha Tinto

4.5

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity

Herdade do EsporãoAlentejo€€€€€€€Still Red

Esporão revived the ancient Alentejo clay-amphora method for this cuvée: unfined, unfiltered Aragonez and Trincadeira with a savoury, mineral edge from talha ageing.

Honrado Talha Premium Tinto

4.1

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity

Honrado Vinho de Talha ArtesanalAlentejo€€€€€€€Still Red

A selected-lot premium tier of Honrado's talha red, with more extract and length than the standard bottling.

Malhadinha Brut Natural Rosé

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity

Herdade da Malhadinha NovaAlentejo€€€€€€€Sparkling Traditional

A traditional-method sparkling rosé made from red Alentejo grapes without dosage, giving a dry, savoury style unusual for the region.

Mestre Daniel Talha Única

4.2

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity

XXVI TalhasAlentejo€€€€€€€Still Red

A single-vessel (talha unica) selection bottled from just one of the project's vessels - twenty-two clay talhas and four reinforced concrete - rather than blended across the cellar.

Moreto

3.9

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity

FitapretaAlentejo€€€€€Still Red

A rare single-varietal bottling of Moreto, a light-skinned, low-tannin red grape traditionally used for early-drinking wines in the eastern Alentejo.

Plansel Touriga Nacional

4.1

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Quinta da PlanselAlentejo€€€€€Still Red

A single-varietal Touriga Nacional from Dorina Lindemann's Montemor-o-Novo estate, which specialises in monovarietal Touriga bottlings.

Quinta do Quetzal Antão Vaz

4.0

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity

Quinta do QuetzalAlentejo€€€€€Still White

A single-varietal Antão Vaz from Quinta do Quetzal's gravity-fed winery, part barrel-fermented for texture.

Ravasqueira Vinha das Romãs Tinto

4.2

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Monte da RavasqueiraAlentejo€€€€€Still Red

A single-vineyard red from the Ravasqueira estate at Arraiolos, blending Touriga Nacional, Alicante Bouschet and Syrah under winemaker David Baverstock.

Salino Branco

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity

Cortes de CimaAlentejo€€€€€€€Still White

Sourced from coastal vineyards three kilometres from the Atlantic, Salino Branco shows a saline, mineral-driven character distinct from the estate's inland bottlings.

Salino Tinto

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity

Cortes de CimaAlentejo€€€€€€€Still Red

The red Salino carries the same coastal, saline freshness as its white counterpart, with higher acidity than Cortes de Cima's inland reds.

Solista Touriga Nacional

4.3

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Adega MayorAlentejo€€€€€€€Still Red

Part of Adega Mayor's Solista (soloist) single-varietal series, this Touriga Nacional shows the grape's violet aromatics on Campo Maior's soils under winemaker Paulo Laureano.

Solista Viognier

4.1

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity

Adega MayorAlentejo€€€€€€€Still White

A single-varietal Viognier from Adega Mayor's Solista series, showing the grape's characteristic stone-fruit weight and floral lift.

Tinta Carvalha

3.9

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity

FitapretaAlentejo€€€€€Still Red

A single-varietal bottling of Tinta Carvalha, another rare Alentejo red grape Fitapreta works to preserve from old field-blend vineyards.

Tinto de Castelão

4.1

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity

FitapretaAlentejo€€€€€Still Red

A single-varietal Castelão, a grape more associated with Setúbal and Ribatejo, grown on Fitapreta's old Alentejo vines for a juicy, savoury red.

Torre de Palma Alicante Bouschet Tinta Miúda

4.1

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Torre de Palma Wine HotelAlentejo€€€€€€€Still Red

A varietal pairing of Alicante Bouschet with the rarer Tinta Miúda, made using the estate's marble lagares.

Torre de Palma Arinto Alvarinho Branco

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity

Torre de Palma Wine HotelAlentejo€€€€€€€Still White

Described by the estate as its signature white blend, pairing Arinto with the more Atlantic-leaning Alvarinho for a crisp, aromatic style.

Touriga Nacional da Malhadinha

4.3

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity

Herdade da Malhadinha NovaAlentejo€€€€€€€€Still Red

A single-varietal Touriga Nacional from the estate's Albernoa vineyards, part of Malhadinha's series of monovarietal bottlings.