Top 100 red wines of Cartaxo
Discover the top 100 best red wines of Cartaxo of Ribatejo as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Cartaxo and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Cartaxo
The wine region of Cartaxo is located in the region of Ribatejo of Tejo of Portugal. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Dom Teodósio or the Domaine Quinta Vale de Fornos produce mainly wines red. In the mouth of Cartaxo is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth. We currently count 2 estates and châteaux in the of Cartaxo, producing 2 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.
The wines of Cartaxo go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.
News from the vineyard of Cartaxo
Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’
Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...
Napa ‘library’ auction has rare Screaming Eagle and Harlan magnums
Screaming Eagle, Harlan Estate, Mayacamas and Spottswoode are among the major names featured in the Napa Valley Library Wine Auction via Sotheby’s. More than 50 lots have been assembled for the sale, which began online this week and will culminate in a live auction on 5 February in New York. Organised in partnership with trade body Napa Valley Vintners, the auction includes vintages back to 1978 and wines have been sourced direct from winery cellars. One rare lot involves a magnum of each of Scr ...
The Macallan Horizon created in collaboration with Bentley Motors
The concept, developed by design teams from both companies, borrows ideas from the automotive world in its use of a horizontal, rather than vertical, bottle design, and in holding back some important information about the product to be released at a later date. Macallan master whisky maker Kirsteen Campbell has already finalised the liquid for Horizon, following a visit to Bentley’s headquarters in Crewe, but no details about the whisky, its price or its availability, will be released until earl ...