
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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Herdade do Mouchao Tinto 2013Alicante Bouschet from Alentejo, Portugal
- D
- W&S
- RP
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Quinta Dos Murcas Reserva Red 2013Other Red Blends from Douro, Portugal
- WE
- SJ
- RP
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Joao Portugal Ramos Vila Santa Reserva Red 2013Other Red Blends from Alentejo, Portugal
- W&S
- RP
- WS
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Quinta do Vale Meao Vintage Porto 2013Port from Douro, Portugal
- WS
- WE
- RP
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Taylor Fladgate Late Bottled Vintage Port 2013Port from Portugal
- WS
- RP
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Quinta Vale D. Maria Douro Red 2013Other Red Blends from Douro, Portugal
- RP
- WS
- WE
- D
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Quinta do Noval Late Bottled Vintage Single Quinta 2013Port from Portugal
- JD
- RP
- W&S
- WS
- WE
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Quinta do Crasto Late Bottled Vintage Port 2013Port from Douro, Portugal
- RP
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Quinta de Chocapalha Vinha Mae 2013Other Red Blends from Portugal
- WE
- WS
- W&S
- RP
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Herdade do Mouchao Ponte das Canas 2013Other Red Blends from Alentejo, Portugal
- RP
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Quinta do Mouro Tinto 2013Other Red Blends from Alentejo, Portugal
- RP
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Herdade Do Esporao Canto de Ze Cruz Aragonez 2013Tempranillo from Alentejo, Portugal
- WE
- RP
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Quinta Nova Late Bottle Vintage Port 2013Port from Portugal
- WE
- RP
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Quinta do Crasto Douro Red Reserva Old Vines 2013Other Red Blends from Portugal
- RP
- WE
- WS
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Dow's Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira 2013Port from Portugal
- RP
- WS
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Quinta do Crasto Tinta Roriz 2013Tempranillo from Douro, Portugal
- RP
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Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port 2013Port from Portugal
- RP
- WS
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Foz De Arouce Vinhas Velhas de Santa Maria Baga 2013Baga from Portugal
- WE
- RP
- W&S
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Herdade Do Esporao Private Selection Red 2013Other Red Blends from Alentejo, Portugal
- WS
- WE
- RP
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Quinta do Vale Meao Douro 2013Other Red Blends from Portugal
- WE
- RP
- WS
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Wine & Soul Pintas 2013Other Red Blends from Portugal
- WE
- RP
- WS
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Quinta do Crasto Vinha Maria Teresa 2013Other Red Blends from Portugal
- RP
- WS
- WE
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Herdade de Sao Miguel Reserva 2013Other Red Blends from Alentejo, Portugal
- WE
- RP
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Quinta do Passadouro Tinto 2013Other Red Blends from Douro, Portugal
- WE
- RP
- WS
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Ramos Pinto Duas Quintas Reserva 2013Other Red Blends from Douro, Portugal
- W&S
- WE
- RP
- WS