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Named after the Sky God ‘for its light, ethereal qualities,’ unfiltered, Ouranus has a hazy plum hue, but lovely...
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Rated 92 - The 2021 Pop Cozs Tinto from António Marques-Da-Cruz and Tiago Teles is made entirely from Castelão,...
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Rated 91 - The 2021 Coz’s Castelão from António Marques-da-Cruz and Tiago Teles is one of their newer vineyards,...
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Light in colour, the 2022 has a very fruity character, but with more freshness and floral notes than the first...
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Refreshing acidity and elegant taste. Clear ruby in color. Fruity and slightly vegetal aroma, combining red fruits...
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From grapes of 70-year-old vines, this ripe wine is richly structured and has a dense texture. It has a fine juicy...
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While this grape is normally found in the mountainous Dão region further north, it has produced a richly...
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Aromatic, fresh and finely honed with mineral undertones and white pepper, dried herb and incense spices. Delicious...
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Rich and complex flavor with aromas of ripe fruit and spices. Full-bodied with a balance between the good acidity of...
Cortese Mencia Ribolla Nera Viognier Portugal Wine
The Cortese white wine grape varietal has been grown in and around south Piedmont, Italy, for at least five hundred years. Its delicate nature and moderate acidity have made it a favorite with people around the world, and it is most commonly served alongside the excellent seafood and shellfish dishes of the part of Italy it is traditionally grown in. Cortese grapes are easily identifiable by their lime and greengage flavors, and their generally delicate and medium bodied character. Cortese wines are also notable for their freshness and crispness, again, making them an ideal match for seafood. Whilst colder years often produce harsher, more acidic Cortese wines, practices such as allowing malolactic fermentation can solve any such problems and still produce delicious white wines made from this varietal.
Although primarily associated with the Rhone region of France, the precise origins of the Viognier grape variety are unknown, and the subject of much debate. However, these fine and delicate green skinned grapes are an important varietal for many of France's most elegant white wines, and they are quickly beginning to spread around the New World, too, where wineries are discovering their unique qualities and unusual character. Viognier grapes are notoriously difficult to grow, due to the fact they are highly susceptible to mildew, but wineries persevere with them nonetheless, producing wines which are highly aromatic and have a great, fruit-forward character. Their delicate aroma suggests sweetness due to its flowery, sappy nature, but the wine itself generally very dry and crisp, and full of summery, light and refined qualities.
Benefiting from both the hot, dry Iberian climate as well as brisk Atlantic winds, Portugal is a perfectly situated country for vineyard cultivation and wine production. With a wine making history which stretches back thousands of years, it comes as little surprise that wine plays an important role in the cultural identity and practices of the country. The Phoenicians, the Carthaginians, the Greeks and the Romans all had a hand in forming Portugal as an important center for wine production, and over the millennia, this resulted in each region of this beautiful part of Europe producing its own distinctive wines easily identifiable and separate from neighboring Spain's. Today, the varied terroir and climate across Portugal allows a great range of wines to be made each year, from the fresh and dry Vinho Verde wines to the famous and widely drunk fortified Port wines, and many in between.