Portugal
Portugal
Sol Real 2023 Vinho Verde
Arinto, Loureiro, Trajadura. Portugal. Sustainably-farmed wine. With a little sparkle, this Vinho Verde is light and fresh. At less than one bar of CO2 pressure, they do not quite qualify as semi-sparkling wines but do have a definite pétillance.
$9.99
Henriques & Henriques NV 3 Year Old Rainwater Madeira
Tinta Negra Mole. Soil: mixed volcanic (basalt, tufa). Harvest: mid-August to early October; hand-harvested. Fermentation: some whole-cluster; fermented in stainless steel with native yeasts. Elevage: 90-day estufagem, followed by aging in balseiro (large cask) for a minimum of three years.
$17.99
Gardunha Sul 2021 Primeiras Gotas Curtimenta
A blend of Moscatel (Muscat) and Fernão Pires with a delicate touch of short skin maceration. Fresh and acid-driven, with bright, floral aromatics.
$25.99
Quinta do Infantado NV Porto Ruby
The Quinta do Infantado is a delicious "ruby" port of superb quality made from Touriga Franca/Touriga Nacional/Tinta Roriz/old field-blended red varieties. From exclusively Class A parcels (Serra Douro, Lapa, Castelos) totaling 11.5 hectares on poor schist soils. The fruit is...
$18.99
Quinta do Infantado NV Porto Tawny
From exclusively Class A parcels (Serra di Cima and Serra Douro) totaling 12 hectares on poor schist soils. The fruit is hand-harvested, partly destemmed and fermented in lagar and tank; fermentation is stopped with 77-degree grape brandy. The wine is...
$19.99
Aphros 2022 Palhete 'Phaunus'
Palhete is the local name for a wine that is made in a farmer's style, by blending red and white grapes to create a low-alcohol wine to drink during the day. As founder Vasco Croft explained to me, there was...
$31.99
Mainova 2021 Vinho Regional Alentejo
A blend of Alicante, Touriga Nacional, and Baga from Alentejo, an arid inland region bordering with Spain in southern Portugal. Nice red and black fruit, with subtle rustic tannins and notes of leather.
$21.99
Mariposa 2020 Dao Vinho Tinto
Lúcia Freitas manages Quinta da Mariposa, located in Carregal do Sal in the Dao región of Portgal. The Dao is home to Portugal’s oldest varieties, Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz. Mariposa’s Tinto is a blend of both of these varieties...
$15.99
JR Santos 2023 "Implicit" Alentejo Red
A blend of Touriga Nacional, Alicante Bouschet and Aragonez from the northern part of Alentejo, Implicit is a delicious full-bodied red aged in stainless steel and neutral barrels. Jorge Rosa Santos makes this wine with his family and though it...
$14.99
Carvalho-Martins 2023 Palhete 'Pacto'
Palhete is a traditional light red wine from Portugal, typically a field blend of white and red grapes. In the town of Mêda, where the Carvalho-Martins family is from, their style, dating to the 1960s, is a bit more specific...
$16.99
Quinta do Infantado 2021 Douro "Palhete"
75% native red varieties/25% white varieties. From a single hectare of 40-year-old vines, a field blend of red and white varieties, planted at almost 2000 feet in elevation on a schistous, north-facing hillside in the Douro. The bunches are co-harvested...
$19.99
Seabra, Luis 2022 Illimitado Branco
Xisto Ilimitado is a Portuguese analogue to the idea of a “village” level Burgundy. A field blend of Rabigato, Codega, Gouveio, and Viosinho, planted across 3 subzones in the Douro, Ilimitado is a survey of the schist-driven terroir in the...
$31.99
Viuva Gomes Viticultores 2022 Tinto
Viticultores is a blend of three distinctive non-sandy plots, the passion-project of our friends at Viúva Gomes in Colares. Located within the geographical area of the Colares wine-growing region, encompassing the towns of Colares, São João das Lampas and São...
$29.99
Dona Berta 2022 Douro Superiore Rabigato Curtimenta
Grapes are destemmed and around 30% of the wine is aged in old oak barrels for 10 months. The wine has lovely mid-palate weight, with a touch of texture from the short period of skin contact. This is not an...
$34.99
Sidonio de Sousa NV Brut Nature
A lively sparkling wine made from Bical, Maria Gomes, and Arinto from the Bairrada region in Portugal. The nose shows a fresh and energetic medley of almond, pear, thyme and white flowers. The palate is crisp and refreshing with fine...
$19.99
Lés-a-Lés Távora-Varosa Cerceal & Malvasia Fina 2019 Távora-Varosa White
Lés-a-Lés Tavora Varosa Cerceal & Malvasia is wine cultivated with true dedication. From vineyards on the slopes of the Tedo river (a tributary of the Douro) outside of the Douro DO, the grapes are manually harvested and then pressed in...
$29.99
