Still red in Dão

Dry · Contemplative

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold

The cooperative's Reserva: ruby coloured, fruity and attractive on the nose, intense in the mouth with the assertive tannins of its varieties.

Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Rustic

Deep ruby varietal Tinta Roriz with a fruity, attractive nose and a strong palate whose muscular tannins are the point of the wine.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing

The cooperative's everyday ruby red: a fresh nose of red fruit and a balanced palate with more persistence than the price suggests.

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.

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.

Dry · Savoury

Dry · Easygoing

Dry · Bold

Dry · Elegant

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 · Easygoing

Dry · Savoury

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 · Contemplative

Dry · Savoury

Dry · Contemplative

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Funky · Savoury

Thirty local varieties, none of them Touriga Nacional, fermented spontaneously and given two unoaked years in tank.

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 · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury

A lot of many varieties from plots of different ages, heights and exposures, with aromas of forest and pine needles: a true Dão blend.

Dry · Contemplative · Bold

Dry · Elegant · Savoury

Dry · Bold · Elegant

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 · 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 · High acidity · Savoury · Fruity

Ruby coloured, with red and blue fruit over woodland notes, voluminous in the mouth with a velvety structure and a long, fresh finish.

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.

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.

Dry · Bold

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Bright red in colour, with cherry and strawberry aromas, round and balanced in the mouth and vibrant at the finish.

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury · Bold

Intense garnet with black forest fruit allied to cocoa and mocha, long and complex without losing balance or elegance.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury

Intense garnet, with an aromatic balance between violet and rosemary alongside mocha and chocolate, long and powerful in the mouth.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

Seventy percent Jaen and Alfrocheiro co-fermented with thirty percent Encruzado and Bical: spicier than its colour suggests, with discreet fruit and a green edge from the stems.

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 · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury

An old-vine field selection in intense ruby: red and ripe fruit with floral and wild scrub notes, spiced and balsamic, full but with natural acidity and mineral drive.

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 · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Easygoing

Intense ruby, four varieties and only half the lot in used oak: ripe red fruit and gentle spice, structured but harmonious, in the estate's modern and gastronomic register.

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 · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Bold

Touriga Nacional drawn from more than thirty clones and deliberately kept out of barrel: heavily coloured and floral, vigorous on the palate without being aggressive.

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 · 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 · Rustic

The Castros' four-grape everyday Dão red, herbal and peppery on the nose with concentrated smoky black fruit and a silky, unforced texture.

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 · 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 · Bold

Dry · Contemplative · Bold

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 · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Fruity

Deep ruby, with ripe redcurrant, wild blackberry and preserve notes complicated by vanilla, praline and toast, round and broad in the mouth.

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 · Bold · Contemplative

Dry · Savoury · Elegant

Dry · Bold · Contemplative

Dry · Contemplative

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 · Rustic

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic

Five varieties co-fermented in one granite lagar and given eighteen unwooded months: mulberry and redcurrant with a cedar-leaf edge.

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 · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Ruby red, fruity on the nose and delicate in flavour, with soft, full, delicate tannins in good balance with the acidity.

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 · Savoury · Bold

Ripe fruit on the nose, then structure and freshness in the mouth, closing warm and persistent.

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 · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Garnet coloured, with elegant cherry and strawberry fruit well married to a spiced note from the wood, and tannins of great delicacy.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Great aromatic presence built on red fruit and fresh wild berries, light and appealing in the mouth in a young, uncomplicated style.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury

Very ripe fruit reading as fine preserve, balanced against neatly drawn barrel notes, with a satin texture and dense, noble tannins.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury

Ruby with violet tints, red fruit with toast and smoke in a field where floral aromas dominate, lively and firmly built for the table.

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury

An intensely ripe-fruited varietal Alfrocheiro with forest-berry notes, structured and balanced, closing long and fresh at 14.5 percent.

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 · Bold

The high-altitude old-vine field blend: juicy and bright with bold cherry fruit and a savoury, spicy edge that shows real detail with bottle age.

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 · 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 · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

A revival of palhete, roughly a fifth white grapes co-fermented with the reds: pale but concentrated, vivid cherry with more depth than the colour suggests.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Fruity

Jaen-dominated at eighty percent, bright and vivid with floral red fruits and a stony savoury undertow rather than any oak sweetness.

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 · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury

Intense in very ripe red fruit with toasted and dried-fruit notes, the Grande Reserva red of a Nelas estate.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing

The Jaen-led second label of Quinta dos Roques: wild berries and pine needles, supple in the mouth, with only a tenth of the blend barrel aged.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Fruity

Unoaked varietal Touriga Nacional from the Correio vineyard, first made in 2023: floral and berry scented with the astringency of youth.

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 · 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 · 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.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Savoury

The estate's four-variety house red: intense ruby, black plum and wild blackberry with a fresh woodland breath, chocolate and black pepper behind, elegant rather than heavy.

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 · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Easygoing

Intense ruby and very aromatic, with strawberry and raspberry over a light floral note, balanced and fresh with a soft, long finish.

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 · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

A two-grape cuvée made only when Touriga Nacional and Jaen taste most like Dão in a given year: floral, light-fruited, with the oak kept deliberately tenuous.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Refreshing

Varietal Alfrocheiro without wood: a clear ruby wine of strawberry and wildflower scent, refreshing acidity and a dry, generous finish.

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 · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Unoaked varietal Jaen with a seven-day maceration: spice, cassis, plum and blackberry, and tannins that are present but notably soft.

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 · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury · Rustic

Varietal Tinta Roriz with a grenadine cast: blackberry and mulberry fruit with a vanilla edge, and tannin, body and acidity held in even balance.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury

The estate's five-grape house red: wild blackcurrant and pine leaves over a vanilla note from the oak, generous and still astringent in youth.

Dry · Savoury

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.

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury

Brick-edged red with very ripe red fruit, cassis and blackberry lifted by black pepper, and cocoa and vanilla from nine months in French oak.

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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Rustic

Four varieties with distinct jobs: Tinta Roriz for structure, Jaen for bite, Alfrocheiro for minerality and Tinta Pinheira for forest aromatics.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury

Concrete-raised varietal Jaen, bright and open in colour, with the stone-dust mineral character concrete gives, a light pepper note and long, precise acidity.

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Fruity

Varietal Tinta Pinheira, the grape the Douro calls Rufete, bottled pale and delicate with plenty of red fruit and good 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 · 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 · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Easygoing

Ruby red, the house red from Quinta do Paço plots: delicate woodland berries and violets, fruited and fresh at medium weight, made to drink young.

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury

Garnet varietal Touriga Nacional, complex with violets, pine needle and spice, soft and full with tannins already resolved by 18 months in bottle.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury

Fragrant and true to the variety, with black cherry, violets and forest aromas of good intensity, then a full body, present but polished tannin and a dry, savoury close.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Savoury

Open ruby, varietal Jaen with only part of the lot in barrel: strong red fruit, jam and spice, fresh and tasty with soft silky tannins.