Red grape · also Tinta Amarela
Alentejo's spicy, sun-loving soul.
Aromas
Plum, black pepper, herbs, floral notes
Structure
Fresh acidity, medium tannins
Ageing
6–15 years
Trincadeira (Tinta Amarela in the Douro) loves heat and dry soils. Tricky to grow, it rewards patience with vivid spice and herbal perfume, and is a classic partner to Aragonez in Alentejo blends.
Alentejo blends, talha amphora wines, varietal reserves.
Migas, açorda, slow-cooked lamb with herbs.
Alentejo
Évora · Est. 1776 (Jesuit cellars)
In 16th-century Jesuit cellars beside a Carthusian monastery — the house of Pêra-Manca, Alentejo's most coveted red.
Alentejo
Casa Branca, Sousel · Est. 1901
Foot-trodden Alicante Bouschet in stone lagares — a family-held cult estate whose Tonel 3-4 is legendary.
Douro Valley
Santo Adrião, Armamar · Est. 1842 (Niepoort house)
Dirk Niepoort's gravity winery embedded into the schist, cradle of Batuta, Charme and legendary Garrafeira Ports.
Douro Valley
Ervedosa do Douro · Est. 16th century
One of the Douro's largest historic estates, now a quiet wine hotel with its own olive groves and riverside cantina.
Alentejo
Reguengos de Monsaraz · Est. 1880 (family)
A fifth-generation family house near Monsaraz, famed for 'Água' wines aged underwater in the Alqueva lake.
Alentejo
Campo Maior · Est. 2007
A white Álvaro Siza Vieira winery rising from the plains near the Spanish border, created by the Delta coffee family.