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Top Portuguese Red Wines
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2007 Quinta de la Rosa Red 14% $15
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2006 Quinta d'Alem Vinho Regional Alentejano 14.5% $17
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2008 Esporao Reserva Tinto Alentejo Reserva 14.5% $24
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2009 Esporao Vinha Vinha da Defesa Vinho Tinto Alentejano 14.5% $14
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2009 Quinta Dos Murcas Assobio Douro 13.5% $13
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2008 Cabriz Colheita Seleccionada Tinto Dao 13% $10
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2007 Casal Branco Sociedade de Vinhos Sa Quinta Do Casal Branco Vinho Tinto Ribatejo 13.5% $10
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2008 Rio Real Reserva Vinho Regional Lisboa 13.5% $18
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2008 Quinta da Cortezia Vinha Conchas Estremadura 12.5% $9
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2008 Quinta Do Encontro Vinho Tinto Bairrada 13.5% $10
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2007 Alente Vinho Tinto Alentejo 13% $10
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2010 Herdade Do Esporao Alentejo Monte Velho Red 13.5% $10
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No Quinta de Vallado? The Reserva is amazing but the table wine is an amazing value!
Oct 25, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Correction: The 2008 Esporao Reserva tinto is a blend of 30% Aragones (Tempranillo), 30% Trincadeira, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Alicante Bouschet. The vines have an average age of 16+ years. Maturation: 12 months 'sur lie' in French (30%) and American (70%) oak. Yield: 40 hectoliters per hectare.
Oct 26, 2012 at 3:50 AM
Papkov
Hey, on the 10th page (2008 Quinta da Cortezia Vinha Conchas Estremadura) there is a label of a white wine (vinho branco). I'm fine with it, but then the title of the review should be not just about Portuguese reds! :-)
Oct 26, 2012 at 4:16 AM
pson
Well said about indigenous varieties.
I well remember the Esporao (branco as well as tinto) wines from holidaying in Madeira. Very complex aromatic white, chocolatey and interesting red, graet food wines.
Dao quinta de Cabriz and Monte Velho are good regular wines, Dao and Bairradas can be really good when they should be too old - that is, if you see one covered in dust somewhere on the top shelf or in a sale. The falvours can intensify as you work down the bottle - or perhaps we could not say decanter in portuguese!
Oct 26, 2012 at 4:43 AM
oach
I am not surprised that the Monte Velho came in at 83 points, last in the review. I have had it, and I concur with this rating. Another good Alentejo red is the Montaria.
Oct 27, 2012 at 1:14 PM
pson
There is a feature of Portuguese wines that I have noticed in the past, that they usually taste much better in Portugal. I dont know why this is, but I have had some poor examples of what are good wines in Portugal. Bucelas vino Branco springs to mind.
There is possibility too that Portugues tendency to brand names, like Monte Velho, tends to overwhelm other more specific info like the age, whether it was a basic or a garrafeira wine, etc, that leads to the whole brand being overrated or underrated
Oct 29, 2012 at 12:29 PM
Sofia
I also like Porca de Murca from the Douro and EA (Eugenio de Almeida) from the Alentejo region
Oct 29, 2012 at 2:21 PM
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