Portugal

The past twenty years have seen huge changes in the Portuguese wine industry, with the arrival of dynamic, talented and well travelled winemakers accompanied by a frenetic investment in state-of-the-art winemaking equipment. This has resulted in the emergence of a new wave of thoroughly modern, distinctive, fruit filled and good value wines. Portugal’s greatest strength is undoubtedly its remarkable range of grape varieties, many of which are planted nowhere else in the world! Of the 500 grape varieties currently planted, the key native grapes include the better known Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca. The different styles are also clearly attributable to Portugal’s huge variety of terroirs and radically changing climate - as one moves from the cool wet Atlantic north-west to the hot arid Mediterranean south-east. This is illustrated by the style of the richly succulent red wines from the Douro and the more elegant reds from the Alentejo.

	Quinta do Crasto Douro Red 2008 - Douro, Portugal Bin No. CRASTO08 Price: £9.75 The 2008 Quinta do Crasto Douro red wine is a blend of red grape varieties including Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca, Touriga Franca and Touriga Nacional; all the vines average over twenty years in age and each grape variety is vinified separately. The final red wine is deep, opaque red in colour with aromas of intense berry fruit with subtle hints of spice. On the palate it is rich, full and concentrated that is well supported by soft tannins and ..
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	Quinta do Crasto Late Bottled Vintage Port 2005 - Douro, Portugal Bin No. CRASTOLBV Price: £14.00 The 2005 Quinta do Crasto Late Bottled Vintage (LBV) Port, is made from three famous Portuguese grape varieities: Touriga Nacional (34%); Tinta Francasca (33%); Tinta Roriz (33%). Of the 15,000 cases of Port produced at the estate only the best are kept to be bottled under the Quinta do Crasto label; this is somewhere between 1,500 and 3,000 cases annually. The Quinta do Crasto 2005 LBV shows brooding black cherry fruit with a huge cedery ..
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	Roquette & Cazes Xisto 2005 - Douro, Portugal Bin No. XISTO05 Price: £29.50 The 2005 Xisto is a fine red wine made from a blend of: Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz and Touriga Francesa grape varieties; and it combines the unique spicy character of the Douro with all the finesse you may expect of a Cru Classé Bordeaux. The wine has a very deep (almost opaque) red colour and a nose of violets, cassis and black cherries. On the palate the Xisto is remarkably elegant with a classic balance of fine ripe tannins and intense m ..
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