Top 100 wines of Alentejano
Discover the top 100 best wines of Alentejano as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Alentejano and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Star of southern Portugal's great reds, sunny and opulent wines. Typical blends: round fruity Aragonez (Tempranillo), spicy Trincadeira, Touriga Nacional (black fruits, violet), deep teinturier Alicante Bouschet, juicy Castelão. Fleshy reds with notes of plum, black cherry, cocoa and sweet spices, melted tannins. Ample fresh Antão Vaz and Arinto whites.
Vast sunlit plain, hot dry climate, varied soils. IGP covering 8 DOC sub-regions.
Crisp, structured dry whites with a pale golden color, taut palate and signature sharp acidity, offering refined aromas of citrus (lemon), green apple, white flowers (acacia), honey and calcareous mineral notes. Fine ageing and cellaring potential; one of Portugal's great evolving whites. Star of Bucelas DOC, north-east of Lisbon, cultivated for over 700 years. Portuguese indigenous variety from Bucelas.
wines from the region of Alentejano go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of tunisian molokheya, lamb biryani or roast veal orloff with mushrooms.
On the nose in the region of Alentejano often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, coffee or licorice. In the mouth in the region of Alentejano is a powerful.