Opens with gentle floral, green fruit and yellow fruit scents followed by bright green fruit taking centre stage in the mouth with mellow-ripe tropical fruit in the background. Shows harmonious balance with refreshing but not overbearing acidity and a clean fresh-fruit finish.
Solid ruby colour. Expect a smoky-cedary nose of cherries and vanilla oak. Medium-bodied and dry. Sour-cherry flavour with zesty acidity and a lingering finish. A well-made, understated wine that’s delicious.
This wine comes from Crasto's Douro Superior estate, Quinta da Cabreira, where the inland intensity and roasting heat of the Douro is at its highest potency. This is a field blend of old vine Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and the intriguing Sousão, with a 1 year stint in French oak. The wood is felt, but matches the potency of the sun-drenched fruit. Leather, dried cherry, black plum, raspberry, resinous scrubby herbs and medicinal cassis is drawn slowly along a black pepper, schistous-textured palate. Young and tight still, this relaxes with a decant, and will be even more appreciated with 5+ years in the bottle.
Ruby-purple colour with a nose of raspberries, oak spice and a note of lavender. Full and silky on the palate with opulent mid-palate flavours of black fruits and liquorice, pure and pretty — a wine that will last for a decade and longer.
This well-balanced blend of Merlot (70%) and Syrah (30%) sports appealing aromas of red fruit, mocha and vanilla before a well-textured, quite full-bodied palate wrapped in juicy acidity. Easy, well-integrated tannins and toasty notes from 14 months in used French oak.
Sourced from old vines, this 100% Tinta de Toro (Tempranillo) grabs your attention with its complexity and balance. The nose opens boldly with fig, prune and chocolate aromas. The palate features a rich fruity core, wrapped in satisfying savouriness that unfolds onto a long finish. Calls out for game dishes.
This cider ends up being mostly golden russet apples with northern spy and wine sap. It’s a beauty with a nose of rich, mature apple, melon, candied citrus, spice and wild honey notes. It has lovely texture and verve on the palate and made in a not-too-sweet style that benefits from electric acidity through the finish.