Portugal
Portugal
Niepoort 2018 Rótulo Touriga Nacional Dão
Portuguese Red
$43.99
Wild fruit and violet form an expressive, delicate bouquet. The palate has good structure, mineral character and fine tannins, and the finish is fresh and persistent. This red is made from Touriga Nacional and carries 13 percent alcohol. The Dão vineyards lie on granite terroir at the foot of the Serra da Estrela. The style is fresh and light, with pronounced acidity.
Márcio Lopes 2022 Pequenos Rebentos Loureiro
Portuguese White
$33.99
Floral notes and a greenish colour accompany a refreshing Loureiro. Grapes come from vineyards in Ponte de Lima, Barcelos and Braga, where sustainable farming avoids herbicides. Fruit is harvested by hand, destemmed and lightly pressed, then settled for forty-eight hours. Fermentation uses natural yeast in stainless steel, and the wine spends at least five months on fine lees before light filtration.
Quinta de Santiago 2017 Alvarinho Reserva
Portuguese White
$33.99
Pear and peach accompany a pronounced mineral character and a long finish. The dry profile has a chalky texture. This white wine is made from Alvarinho grown in Portugal’s Vinho Verde region, within Monção e Melgaço. Alcohol is thirteen-and-a-half percent. Production was limited to four thousand bottles, with total acidity measured at six-and-a-half grams per litre.
Mouchão 2017 Dom Rafael White
Portuguese White
$33.99
Bright citrus and tangy acidity accompany a crisp, fruity profile. Lemon curd, orange peel and chalk appear with toasted almond, roasted peanut and a mineral-dust note. A brisk, rich texture is also present. Arinto and Antão Vaz form the blend. The grapes ferment at low temperature in stainless steel. The wine carries thirteen-and-a-half percent alcohol and comes from Alentejo.
Warre’s Warrior Finest Reserve Port
Portuguese Fortified
$34.99
Cherry, blackberry, raspberry and fig paste sit alongside caramelised brown sugar. A light pepper note appears on the finish. The blend includes Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Tinta Barroca. Maturation in seasoned oak lasts four to five years. The profile remains youthful and fruit-rich, and this non-vintage reserve Port requires no decanting before service.
Graham’s 2019 Late Bottled Vintage Port
Portuguese Fortified
$37.99
Blackcurrant and blackberry meet dried mint, eucalyptus, liquorice and rock rose. The profile also includes black fruit, cocoa, black plum and white pepper. Touriga Franca and Touriga Nacional lead the blend, with smaller portions of Sousão, Alicante Bouschet, Tinta Amarela and Tinta Barroca. It matured for five years in large oak barrels. Dark chocolate or firm cheeses are suitable companions.
Quinta da Pacheca Tawny Port
Portuguese Fortified
$38.99
The colour shows amber tones, while the profile includes nuts, dried fruit and red-fruit aromas. The tawny is assembled from younger wines aged three or four years and older wines aged seven or eight years. Maturation takes place in wooden barrels. It can be served as an aperitif or with cheese and chocolate desserts. Maria Serpa Pimentel is the winemaker.
Vinha Paz 2023 Branco Dão DOC
Portuguese White
$45.99
Encruzado makes up sixty percent of the blend, with thirty percent Malvasia and ten percent Gouveio. Orange blossom, white-fleshed fruit, soft lime and delicate floral notes shape the aroma. The palate is balanced and well structured, combining softness with firm acidity, defined body, fresh minerality and a long finish. The grapes were hand harvested from granite soils.
Blandy’s Rainwater Medium Dry Madeira
Portuguese Fortified
$39.99
Rainwater is made from Tinta Negra and presented in a medium-dry style. Pale golden colour accompanies nutty aromas and a light, fresh palate. Vinification begins in stainless steel with natural yeast, and fortification takes place after about four days. Maturation lasts three years in American oak casks. The wine is blended, filtered and clarified before bottling and contains eighteen percent alcohol.
Soalheiro 2024 Alvarinho
Portuguese White
$41.99
Citrus and concentrated tropical fruit meet floral character and mineral notes. The palate is dry, medium-bodied, textured and fresh, with a dense finish. Alvarinho is hand harvested from granite soils in Vinho Verde. Production includes pressing, forty-eight hours of cold settling and two months of stainless-steel fermentation at eighteen degrees. The wine also receives bâtonnage.
Quinta do Vale Meão 2021 Meandro Branco
Portuguese White
$39.99
Very pale yellow-green with silver reflections, the wine combines meadow herbs, white apple, pear, mango and lime zest. Ripe stone fruit and fine acidity meet a mineral-salty finish. Rabigato and Arinto form the blend. The wine is dry and matures on its lees in stainless steel without oak. Its profile is crisp and textured, with basil also present.
Niepoort 2023 Nat’Cool Bairrada Tinto 1 L
Portuguese Red
$43.99
Made entirely from Baga, the wine brings together red cherry, strawberry, savoury herbs and mineral notes in a fresh, bright profile. The grapes grow on limestone soils under organic and biodynamic farming. They are destemmed, fermented carbonically and matured for ten months in stainless steel. Minimal sulfur is added at bottling, and the wine carries eleven percent alcohol with a silky texture and slight spritz.
Esporão 2020 Colheita Branco
Portuguese White
$41.99
Antão Vaz, Viosinho and Alvarinho are grown in an organically certified vineyard on clay-loam soils derived from schist. Part of the wine ferments in concrete tulip tanks before four months on fine lees. Straw colour with green tones introduces citrus, orange blossom, grapefruit and papaya. The palate is balanced and vibrant, with an intense body and a persistent finish.
Geographic Wines 2022 Landcraft Loureiro
Portuguese White
$42.99
Before fermentation, Loureiro receives twelve hours of maceration. Indigenous yeasts start a spontaneous fermentation at controlled temperature, followed by eight months on total lees with periodic bâtonnage. Vibrant mineral acidity appears with fresh fruit, herbal infusions, a round, soft palate and a saline, prolonged finish. A light tannic sensation and vegetal trace are also present. The vineyards lie in Lima Valley on clay-schist and granite soils near the Atlantic.
Herdade do Rocim 2021 Touriga Nacional
Portuguese Red
$44.99
Deep ruby and violet in colour, with fresh mineral character, floral notes and spice from barrel ageing. Ripe red and black fruit appears with herbs, sweet spices, plum, blackberry, violet and graphite. The wine is made entirely from Touriga Nacional and spends eleven months in French oak. Soft, polished tannins accompany refreshing acidity and a persistent finish.
Geographic Wines 2022 Landcraft Alvarinho
Portuguese White
$45.99
Made entirely from Alvarinho grown on granitic and alluvial soils, the grapes are hand-harvested. Winemaking includes twelve hours of pre-fermentative maceration and spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts at controlled temperature. Ageing lasts eight months on full lees with periodic bâtonnage. Floral and citrus notes accompany a hint of dried fruit, with acidity, freshness and a persistent finish.
Pedra Cancela 2021 Vinha da Fidalga Cerceal Branco Dão
Portuguese White
$46.99
Austere aromas recall quince and field herbs, while tart apple appears in the flavour profile. The aromas remain closed and youthful. Fine acidity runs through a full-bodied, well-structured palate. The finish remains austere, vibrant and broad. The wine is made entirely from Cerceal Branco in Portugal’s Dão region. Alcohol is twelve percent. Balance and pronounced character are also present.
Quinta do Poço do Lobo 2012 Reserva Bairrada
Portuguese Red
$47.99
This red Bairrada wine blends fifty percent Touriga Nacional, thirty-five percent Baga and fifteen percent Cabernet Sauvignon. It has a violet colour, with spice, red berries, floral notes and field tones. The profile is balanced and lively, with marked acidity and persistent tannins. The estate covers about thirty-five hectares and was acquired by Caves São João.
Campolargo 2017 Bical Barrica Bairrada
Portuguese White
$47.99
Cinnamon, quince and green plum appear together in a perfumed profile with fresh fruit and acidity. The wine is light-bodied and it also has an almost oxidized character. Whole Bical grapes from clay-limestone soil are pressed and decanted before fermentation in used French oak barrels without temperature control. The wine remains in those barrels until bottling.
Quinta da Falorca 2019 Traditional Blend Tinto
Portuguese Red
$51.99
Deep ruby with violet reflections, the wine offers ripe red fruit, mild spice and a light touch of wood. The palate is full-bodied, with lively but integrated tannins, balanced acidity and a long finish. The blend combines Touriga Nacional, Rufete, Jaen, Alfrocheiro and Tinta Roriz. Half matures for six months in used barrels, followed by nine months in bottle.
Ramos Pinto 2018 Late Bottled Vintage Port
Portuguese Fortified
$61.99
Concentrated ruby colour, nearly opaque at the centre, accompanies ripe cherry, raspberry, black plum, eucalyptus and cedar. Cherry, plum, sweet red berries and bergamot sit with meaty, silky tannins. The blend contains Touriga Nacional, Touriga Francesa, Tinta Barroca, Sousão, Tinto Cão and Tinta Roriz. Grapes are foot-crushed in lagares, and the wine ages in large casks. It is bottled without filtration or hot and cold treatment.
Soalheiro 2023 Primeiras Vinhas Alvarinho Monção e Melgaço
Portuguese White
$53.99
Bright lemon to golden-yellow colour accompanies ripe fruit, spice and buttery notes. This dry Alvarinho has a full body with lively acidity. Grapes from the first vineyard planted in the mid-seventies and selected parcels more than thirty years old are harvested by hand. Most fermentation occurs in stainless steel, with fifteen percent in used oak vessels. The wine remains on its lees with bâtonnage and ages for six months.
Soalheiro 2020 Alvarinho Clássico Monção e Melgaço
Portuguese White
$54.99
Bright lemon-yellow colour accompanies a fresh fragrance with tropical and mineral notes. Alvarinho from Monção and Melgaço is harvested by hand. The must is clarified at low temperature, fermented in stainless steel and matured on fine lees. Hot days and cold nights characterize the protected local microclimate. Moderate alcohol and acidity are balanced, and the wine contains twelve and a half percent alcohol.
Luis Seabra 2019 Xisto Ilimitado Tinto
Portuguese Red
$54.99
Balsamic notes, fresh red fruit, local scrub and spice accompany flint and broken-stone mineral character. The palate is dense and fresh, with fine tannins, acidity, red cherry and pomegranate. Two vineyards were harvested separately, and sixty percent of the fruit was vinified as whole bunches in old wooden Port vats. Maceration lasted twenty-nine days, followed by eighteen months of ageing.
Kopke 10 Year Old Tawny Port
Portuguese Fortified
$58.99
Golden colour and an amber rim accompany spice, dried fruit, wood and honey. The palate is smooth and round, with intense dried-fruit flavours. Wines from different harvests mature for varied periods in oak casks before blending, and their average age defines the ten-year designation. Traditional Douro grapes grow on schist-sandstone soils, with granite in places and vineyards reaching elevations of up to 600 metres.
Casa Santos Lima Galodoro Vinho Tinto 3 L
Portuguese Red
$59.99
Dense ruby colour accompanies ripe red and black fruit, spice and liquorice. The palate is smooth and fruity, with good body, concentrated juicy red-fruit flavours and a balanced finish. The blend includes Castelão, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional and Cabernet Sauvignon, and typically spends three to four months in oak barrels. This dry Lisboa red is presented in a three-litre bag-in-box format.
Van Zellers & Co. 2020 Late Bottled Vintage Port
Portuguese Fortified
$63.99
Deep ruby colour appears with wild blackberry syrup, cassis, liquorice, cracked black pepper and cardamom. The palate has structure, volume and a velvety texture, with integrated brandy, fruit richness and freshness. The wine was bottled unfiltered. It aged in very old wooden Port casks and small stainless-steel vats. The grapes grow on schist in the Douro, and alcohol is 20.2 percent.
Campolargo 2016 Cercial Branco Bairrada
Portuguese White
$64.99
Colour and aroma show clear development, with almond, dry brush and candied orange. The palate has light toast with mature orange, hazelnut and fruit. It shows a younger character than the colour and aroma, with a distinctly fresh taste and a light profile. Made from Cercial in Bairrada, the white wine carries 11.5 percent alcohol.
FitaPreta 2018 Palpite Reserva Tinto
Portuguese Red
$65.99
Concentrated dark-violet colour accompanies intense red fruit, subtle menthol and round tannins. The finish is intense and persistent, and the wine is aged in oak. This dry, full-bodied red blends Alicante Bouschet, Aragonez, Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Trincadeira, Baga, Castelão, Tinta Carvalha and Tinta Miúda. The fruit is selected from the strongest vineyard blocks, and the wine is drawn from selected barrels.
Kopke 20 Year Old Tawny Port
Portuguese Fortified
$86.99
Delicate orange-green colour introduces dried fruit, spice and fine wood. The palate is rich and concentrated, with a long, velvety finish. Grapes are harvested by hand, destemmed and crushed before fermentation in temperature-controlled lagares. Grape brandy fortifies the wine, and components from different harvests mature in oak casks for varying periods. The age on the label represents the blend’s average.