
Portuguese Wine
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Best known for intense, impressive and age-worthy fortified wines, Portugal relies almost exclusively on its many indigenous grape varieties. Bordering Spain to its north and east, and the Atlantic Ocean on its west and south coasts, this is a land where tradition reigns supreme, due to its relative geographical and, for much of the 20th century, political isolation. A long and narrow but small country, Portugal claims considerable diversity in climate and wine styles, with milder weather in the north and significantly more rainfall near the coast.
While Port (named after its city of Oporto on the Atlantic Coast at the end of the Douro Valley), made Portugal famous, Portugal is also an excellent source of dry red and white wines of various styles.
The Douro Valley produces full-bodied and concentrated dry red wines made from the same set of grape varieties used for Port, which include Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz (Spain’s Tempranillo), Touriga Franca, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão, among a long list of others in minor proportions.
Other dry wines include the tart, slightly effervescent Vinho Verde white wine, made in the north, and the bright, elegant reds and whites of the Dão as well as the bold, and fruit-driven reds and whites of the southern, Alentejo.
The nation’s other important fortified wine, Madeira, is produced on the eponymous island off the North African coast.
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Fonseca Vintage Port 2009Port from Portugal
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Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port 2009Port from Portugal
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Duorum Old Vines Reserva 2009Other Red Blends from Douro, Portugal
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Vadio Tinto 2009Other Red Wine from Portugal
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Quinta do Noval Late Bottled Vintage Single Quinta 2009Port from Portugal
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Quinta da Falorca Garrafeira Old Vines 2009Other Red Blends from Portugal
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Aveleda Follies Touriga Nacional 2009Touriga Nacional from Portugal
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Niepoort Late Bottled Vintage Port (375ML half-bottle) 2009Port from Portugal
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Ramos Pinto Late Bottled Vintage Port 2009Port from Portugal
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Quinta da Romaneira Douro 2009Other Red Blends from Portugal
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Foz De Arouce Vinhas Velhas de Santa Maria Baga 2009Baga from Portugal
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Taylor Fladgate Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha 2009Port from Portugal
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Croft Vintage Port (375ML half-bottle) 2009Port from Portugal
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Quinta do Crasto Douro Red Reserva Old Vines 2009Other Red Blends from Portugal
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Dow's Late Bottled Vintage 2009Port from Portugal
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Quinta do Vallado Touriga Nacional Douro 2009Touriga Nacional from Portugal
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Cristiano Van Zeller Quinta Do Vale D. Maria Vinho Tinto 2009Other Red Blends from Portugal
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Croft Vintage Port 2009Port from Portugal
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Quinta do Vallado Reserva Red 2009Other Red Blends from Portugal
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