Deeply coloured, this LBV dishes out intense plum, blackberry, dark cherry, raisin, chocolate and spice. Round, mouth-filling and sweet. Excellent length and ready to drink.
This red blend from Lisbon is a blend of Touriga Nacional, Syrah and Tinta Roriz. Fresh, juicy and easy drinking, there is plum, cherry, cassis, violets and black pepper. Solid length and tailored for grilled sausages or roast pork loin.
Clear, deep plum red. Nose of tart red berries and raisins with underlying vanilla oak and a touch of barnyard. On the palate there are cherry and mixed berry flavours with structure from high tannins. Interesting, elegant and sophisticated. A food wine: try it with grilled lamb or goat chops.
Made from vines between 40 to 60 years old, this Vintage Port is black as night (as any good VP should be) and serves up a beguiling nose of blackberry, blueberry, cassis, mint, cocoa and coffee. The palate starts off lean and the expands on the finale with a massive explosion of crème de cassis which carries long. Drink over the next 25 years.
Lively, bright and juicy, fruity and fresh with red berries, soft tannins and a lip-smacking finish. Clean and easy without being simplistic and extremely pleasurable and drinkable. A blend of Castelão, Aragonez, and Touriga Nacional. A killer value. This is your summer BBQ wine.
This youthful white may feature a comic on the label, but make no mistake, this is a serious wine from one of the world's top winemakers, Dirk Niepoort. From schistous, mica-flecked vineyards on the right bank of the Douro, between 550-700 m, this blend of indigenous Portuguese white grapes is native fermented in a split between stainless and older French barriques (30%), no MLF, where it remains for 8 months. In 2016, the blend is 20-50 year old Rabigato, Códega do Larinho, Gouveio, Dona Branca, Viosinho, Bical and others. Tight, mineral-laced green fig, lemon thistle, meadow herbs and fine salts over a creamy bed of lees, all youthful and highly quaffable. This line of Fabulous Wines (Branco and Tinto) are sold worldwide, the scale of which makes this wine even more impressive — especially considering the price.
Very pale green in the glass, with aromatic green fruit, green herbal scents and a whiff of grapefruit. Light spritz in the mouth with green plum, gooseberry and green grape flavours, finishing with an agreeable touch of gritty mineral.