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Winemaker Júlio Bastos joined his father, Júlio Bandeira Bastos, in 1985 to help manage Quinta do Carmo, the family’s estate in Estremoz. Vinhos Dona Maria...

2014

AlentejoPortugal

Dona Maria

My wines

Robert Reynolds set down roots in Estremoz in 1850. His English father had arrived in Porto in 1820, where he set up a business exporting...

2009

AlentejanoPortugal

Reynolds

My wines

Wormwood, eucalyptus and tarmac frame black cherry and plum. Sage, rosemary and mint add regional character. Concentrated yet elegant, with vanilla-oak spice.

2022

AlentejoPortugal

Fitapreta

My wines

Lifted blackcurrant and blueberry lead into dark cherry, plum and blackberry. Fleshy, mouthcoating yet elegant. Robust tannins, black olive and chocolate. A mineral, savoury finish.

2020

AlentejoPortugal

Herdade da Lisboa

My wines

Sous bois, wet leaf and tobacco meet sweet-sour cherry and blackcurrant. Vibrant acidity, velvety fruit and resolved tannins, finishing long with sage, thyme and cinnamon.

2020

AlentejoPortugal

Symington, Quinta da Fonte Souto

My wines

Opens with potpourri, violet and black olive, followed by ripe black fruit, hay and forest floor. Velvety, persistent, mature and classically savoury. A warm, tobacco-spice...

2020

AlentejanoPortugal

Abegoaria

My wines

Tobacco, black olive and Assam tea lead into dried dark fruit, leather and cedar. Svelte yet succulent, the mature palate retains juicy freshness beneath thyme,...

2015

AlentejanoPortugal

Fitapreta

My wines

Cranberry, raspberry and red cherry gain leafy lift from eucalyptus and green wood. Fluid, silky and inviting, with soft zesty tannin, bright acidity and a...

2024

AlentejoPortugal

Herdade do Rocim

My wines

Blackberry, plum and violet meet chocolate, leather and a stony mineral note. Full-bodied but poised, with crunchy fruit, ripe tannins, bright acidity and sweet spice....

2024

AlentejoPortugal

Herdade do Rocim

My wines

Morello cherry, blackcurrant and plum, with a rose, violet and Earl Grey perfume. Succulent and concentrated, with balsamic freshness, minerality, anise, cardamom and cedar spice.

2023

AlentejoPortugal

Herdade do Sobroso

My wines

Dill pickle, forest floor and wet wood give a savoury cast to crushed blueberry, blackcurrant and cherry. Compact and full-bodied, with robust tannin, zesty acidity...

2019

AlentejanoPortugal

José Maria da Fonseca

My wines

Focused blackcurrant and black cherry threaded with wet leaf, dried herbs and toast. Juicy and persistent, with muscular yet elegant tannins, citrus-zest energy and a...

2022

AlentejanoPortugal

Quinta do Carmo

My wines

Mint, violet and tobacco leaf mingle with blueberry, cherry and plum. Silky and evolved, with gentle tannin and bright acidity. Blood orange, cranberry and nutmeg...

2017

AlentejanoPortugal

Reynolds

My wines

Appealingly evolved, with sour cherry, plum and blackberry enlivened by pink grapefruit and rhubarb. Vibrant, juicy and finely delineated, with fresh acidity and a light...

2025

AlentejoPortugal

Adega Cooperativa de Vidigueira, Cuba e Alvito

My wines

Black cherry compote, plum and rose mingle with wet leaf, tobacco and Oolong tea. Generous and velvety, with charred oak, mocha and rockrose. Complex, with...

2020

AlentejoPortugal

Dona Maria

My wines

Blackcurrant, blackberry and plum edged with tapenade and violet. Smooth, powerful. Dense tannins, dark chocolate and earthy depth, enlivened by nutmeg, cardamom and saffron.

2021

AlentejoPortugal

Dona Maria

My wines

Strikingly fresh red and black fruit, joined by tobacco, sage and petrichor. Compact, powerful, poised. Wears its polished oak well. Spicy energy and tertiary earthiness...

2019

AlentejoPortugal

Esporão

My wines

Cherry and plum meet blood orange, pomegranate and pink grapefruit, with a touch of mace. Dense palate, with fine-grained tannin, gentle clove spice and a...

2023

AlentejanoPortugal

Fitapreta

My wines

Blackberry and plum cloaked in cedar, eucalyptus, mint and dried herb. Rich and energetic, with refreshing drive. Mocha oak and a slightly drying edge narrow...

2021

AlentejoPortugal

Fitapreta

My wines

Raspberry, cranberry and orange peel, with floral perfume and balsamic lift. Energetic and fruit-driven. Combines bright acidity with smoky, assertive tannins. A strong sense of...

2024

AlentejoPortugal

Fitapreta

My wines

Wild strawberry, cranberry and pomegranate dance with lavender and bergamot. Juicy, fluid and vibrant, with an earthy, rustic edge. Fresh acidity and a savoury, characterful...

2024

AlentejoPortugal

Fitapreta

My wines

Caramel-tinged blackberry, dark chocolate, pomegranate, sour cherry and red plum. Dense and powerful, with smoky, slightly drying tannins, vivid acidity and tingling clove spice.

2022

AlentejoPortugal

Herdade do Sobroso

My wines

Blackberry, cherry and mulberry wrapped in thyme, sage and tarragon. Firm, concentrated, with dense, fine-grained tannins, chocolate and smoky grip, lifted by cherry-stone freshness.

2021

AlentejoPortugal

Herdade do Rocim

My wines

Cherry and blackberry outlined by vivid acidity, wild herb and black olive. Concentrated, robust, with dense, grippy tannins and a tart lift. Oak remains slightly...

2022

AlentejoPortugal

Tapada de Coelheiros

My wines

Blackberry and prune meet potpourri, Assam tea and mint chocolate. Dense yet elegant, the palate layers robust tannins, clove, black olive and forest floor. Finishes...

2023

AlentejanoPortugal

Tiago Cabaço

My wines

Opens with bramble, plum, dark berry, chocolate and baking spice. Plush, full-bodied, the palate with dried thyme, sage and tarragon. An earthy, balsamic, oak-spiced finish.

2023

AlentejoPortugal

Quinta do Paral

My wines

Winemaker Júlio Bastos joined his father, Júlio Bandeira Bastos, in 1985 to help manage Quinta do Carmo, the family’s estate in Estremoz. Vinhos Dona Maria...

2014

AlentejoPortugal

Dona Maria

My wines

Robert Reynolds set down roots in Estremoz in 1850. His English father had arrived in Porto in 1820, where he set up a business exporting...

2009

AlentejanoPortugal

Reynolds

My wines

Wormwood, eucalyptus and tarmac frame black cherry and plum. Sage, rosemary and mint add regional character. Concentrated yet elegant, with vanilla-oak spice.

2022

AlentejoPortugal

Fitapreta

My wines

Lifted blackcurrant and blueberry lead into dark cherry, plum and blackberry. Fleshy, mouthcoating yet elegant. Robust tannins, black olive and chocolate. A mineral, savoury finish.

2020

AlentejoPortugal

Herdade da Lisboa

My wines

Sous bois, wet leaf and tobacco meet sweet-sour cherry and blackcurrant. Vibrant acidity, velvety fruit and resolved tannins, finishing long with sage, thyme and cinnamon.

2020

AlentejoPortugal

Symington, Quinta da Fonte Souto

My wines

Opens with potpourri, violet and black olive, followed by ripe black fruit, hay and forest floor. Velvety, persistent, mature and classically savoury. A warm, tobacco-spice...

2020

AlentejanoPortugal

Abegoaria

My wines

Tobacco, black olive and Assam tea lead into dried dark fruit, leather and cedar. Svelte yet succulent, the mature palate retains juicy freshness beneath thyme,...

2015

AlentejanoPortugal

Fitapreta

My wines

Cranberry, raspberry and red cherry gain leafy lift from eucalyptus and green wood. Fluid, silky and inviting, with soft zesty tannin, bright acidity and a...

2024

AlentejoPortugal

Herdade do Rocim

My wines

Blackberry, plum and violet meet chocolate, leather and a stony mineral note. Full-bodied but poised, with crunchy fruit, ripe tannins, bright acidity and sweet spice....

2024

AlentejoPortugal

Herdade do Rocim

My wines

Morello cherry, blackcurrant and plum, with a rose, violet and Earl Grey perfume. Succulent and concentrated, with balsamic freshness, minerality, anise, cardamom and cedar spice.

2023

AlentejoPortugal

Herdade do Sobroso

My wines

Dill pickle, forest floor and wet wood give a savoury cast to crushed blueberry, blackcurrant and cherry. Compact and full-bodied, with robust tannin, zesty acidity...

2019

AlentejanoPortugal

José Maria da Fonseca

My wines

Focused blackcurrant and black cherry threaded with wet leaf, dried herbs and toast. Juicy and persistent, with muscular yet elegant tannins, citrus-zest energy and a...

2022

AlentejanoPortugal

Quinta do Carmo

My wines

Mint, violet and tobacco leaf mingle with blueberry, cherry and plum. Silky and evolved, with gentle tannin and bright acidity. Blood orange, cranberry and nutmeg...

2017

AlentejanoPortugal

Reynolds

My wines

Appealingly evolved, with sour cherry, plum and blackberry enlivened by pink grapefruit and rhubarb. Vibrant, juicy and finely delineated, with fresh acidity and a light...

2025

AlentejoPortugal

Adega Cooperativa de Vidigueira, Cuba e Alvito

My wines

Black cherry compote, plum and rose mingle with wet leaf, tobacco and Oolong tea. Generous and velvety, with charred oak, mocha and rockrose. Complex, with...

2020

AlentejoPortugal

Dona Maria

My wines

Blackcurrant, blackberry and plum edged with tapenade and violet. Smooth, powerful. Dense tannins, dark chocolate and earthy depth, enlivened by nutmeg, cardamom and saffron.

2021

AlentejoPortugal

Dona Maria

My wines

Strikingly fresh red and black fruit, joined by tobacco, sage and petrichor. Compact, powerful, poised. Wears its polished oak well. Spicy energy and tertiary earthiness...

2019

AlentejoPortugal

Esporão

My wines

Cherry and plum meet blood orange, pomegranate and pink grapefruit, with a touch of mace. Dense palate, with fine-grained tannin, gentle clove spice and a...

2023

AlentejanoPortugal

Fitapreta

My wines

Blackberry and plum cloaked in cedar, eucalyptus, mint and dried herb. Rich and energetic, with refreshing drive. Mocha oak and a slightly drying edge narrow...

2021

AlentejoPortugal

Fitapreta

My wines

Raspberry, cranberry and orange peel, with floral perfume and balsamic lift. Energetic and fruit-driven. Combines bright acidity with smoky, assertive tannins. A strong sense of...

2024

AlentejoPortugal

Fitapreta

My wines

Wild strawberry, cranberry and pomegranate dance with lavender and bergamot. Juicy, fluid and vibrant, with an earthy, rustic edge. Fresh acidity and a savoury, characterful...

2024

AlentejoPortugal

Fitapreta

My wines

Caramel-tinged blackberry, dark chocolate, pomegranate, sour cherry and red plum. Dense and powerful, with smoky, slightly drying tannins, vivid acidity and tingling clove spice.

2022

AlentejoPortugal

Herdade do Sobroso

My wines

Blackberry, cherry and mulberry wrapped in thyme, sage and tarragon. Firm, concentrated, with dense, fine-grained tannins, chocolate and smoky grip, lifted by cherry-stone freshness.

2021

AlentejoPortugal

Herdade do Rocim

My wines

Cherry and blackberry outlined by vivid acidity, wild herb and black olive. Concentrated, robust, with dense, grippy tannins and a tart lift. Oak remains slightly...

2022

AlentejoPortugal

Tapada de Coelheiros

My wines

Blackberry and prune meet potpourri, Assam tea and mint chocolate. Dense yet elegant, the palate layers robust tannins, clove, black olive and forest floor. Finishes...

2023

AlentejanoPortugal

Tiago Cabaço

My wines

Opens with bramble, plum, dark berry, chocolate and baking spice. Plush, full-bodied, the palate with dried thyme, sage and tarragon. An earthy, balsamic, oak-spiced finish.

2023

AlentejoPortugal

Quinta do Paral