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.
Cuvées
Amphora Tinto
4.3
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity
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.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity
São Lourenço do Barrocal's clay-amphora bottling, made in the Reguengos-Monsaraz talha tradition alongside the estate's oak-aged range.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Rocim's organic-farmed, indigenous-varieties red, made with minimal intervention from Aragonez, Trincadeira and Alicante Bouschet.
Caiado Tinto
3.8
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 · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
The flagship red of the Fundação Eugénio de Almeida's Cartuxa estate, a structured Aragonez, Trincadeira and Tinta Caiada blend from vineyards outside Évora.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity
Made from old, rarely bottled Alentejo varieties (castas antigas) with skin contact in clay, giving an orange-wine texture unusual for the region.
Chaminé Tinto
4.0
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 · 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.
Do Tareco Tinto
4.0
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.
Dom Rafael Tinto
3.8
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Mouchão's entry-level red, a Trincadeira and Aragonez blend made for immediate, everyday drinking.
EA Tinto
3.9
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.
Equinócio Tinto
4.2
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity
A minimal-intervention red from century-old bush vines on the Serra de São Mamede slopes, farmed organically and biodynamically without synthetic chemicals.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity
Named for a local chapel, this Trincadeira and Aragonez red carries the savoury, mineral edge typical of Alexandre Frade's clay-fermented wines.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Esporão's everyday red, an Aragonez, Trincadeira and Syrah blend built for immediate, fruit-forward drinking.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
Esporão's flagship red blend, built around Aragonez and Trincadeira with Cabernet Sauvignon and Alicante Bouschet for structure; ripe dark fruit and firm, cellar-worthy tannins in the house style.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity
Esporão revived the ancient Alentejo clay-amphora method for this cuvée: unfined, unfiltered Aragonez and Trincadeira with a savoury, mineral edge from talha ageing.
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 · 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 · 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 · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity
A selected-lot premium tier of Honrado's talha red, with more extract and length than the standard bottling.
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 · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
João Portugal Ramos' flagship red from the Vila Santa estate, an Aragonez, Trincadeira, Alicante Bouschet and Cabernet Sauvignon blend with ripe, structured dark fruit.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
An old-vines selection from the Marquês de Borba range, sourced from parcels of low-yielding, decades-old field-blend vines for extra concentration.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity
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.
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.
Mouchão
4.8
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
Intense garnet colour with aromas of spicy black fruit, plum jam and ripe olives over a stemmy, minty hallmark; the estate's benchmark long-cellared red from the Carrapetos and Dourada vineyards.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
A rare single-tonel selection of the Mouchão blend, released only in exceptional years, with the estate's spicy dark fruit and firm structure intensified by extra time in cask.
Natalha Tinto
3.9
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity
A youthful, early-release talha red from Geracoes da Talha, meant for drinking soon after bottling.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
Named for the little owl (olho de mocho) found on the estate, this mid-tier red blends Aragonez, Trincadeira and Alicante Bouschet for a structured, food-friendly style.
Os Paulistas
4.4
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Named for the Brazilian emigrants (Paulistas) who returned to build grand houses near Évora, this field-blend red draws on rare Alentejo varieties including Grand Noir.
Palpite Tinto
4.1
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 · 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 · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
Mouchão's second red label, softer and earlier-drinking than the flagship, built from the same Trincadeira, Aragonez and Alicante Bouschet family of grapes.
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 · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
Powerful aromas of perfectly ripe red and black fruit, subtle spice notes, a slight touch of forest and a distinct vegetal freshness; concentrated on the palate, with structure and good volume, luscious and glycerine-rich, velvety texture with well-balanced tannins and acidity, well-integrated oak and a long, sophisticated finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
The estate's standard-label red, sitting below the Rótulo Dourado tier but sharing its structured, concentrated house style.
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 · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity
The flagship red of this Vidigueira estate near the Alqueva reservoir, an Aragonez and Trincadeira blend.
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 · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity
Old-vines flagship from parcels planted in 1901 and 1903 on the Serra de São Mamede slopes, among the oldest continuously farmed vines in the Portalegre sub-region.
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.
Uma
4.5
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity
A single-vintage selection from Cortes de Cima's oldest vines, 70 years old at planting, made only when the fruit merits a standalone bottling.
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 · 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.
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.