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.
Cuvées
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 · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing
Pale pink, with subtle notes of fresh red fruit, wild strawberry and raspberry wrapped in a light floral touch, and a soft finish.
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 · Easygoing
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 · 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 · Bold
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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Fruity
Salmon pink, with a complex nose of plum and forest berries and a light, fresh mouth whose volume the estate calls well drawn.
Dry · Bold · Contemplative
Dry · Savoury · Elegant
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 · 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 · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Fruity
Pale red in colour, floral with strawberry and raspberry, dry on the palate with a well present natural acidity and a redcurrant close.
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 · 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 · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
A lágrima-pressed Dão rosé with Baga and Cabernet added late for depth: fragrant and mineral, smooth and fresh with a surprisingly long close.
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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Refreshing
A blanc de noirs pressed straight off Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz, robust and delicate at once after a year on fine lees.
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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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.
Taboadella Tinto
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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 · 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 · 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.