The 2019 Vertente captures the essence of the Douro and is ‘one of the winery’s best values’, according to the Wine Advocate. A field-blend of Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional and others raised on schist, it’s a graceful, textured wine that shows elegant red and black fruit followed by foresty graphite notes on the palate.
From the limestone-clay soils of Bairrada DOC and made from the Baga grape, we can’t get enough of the Niepoort Lagar de Baixo 2020. It’s a wine bar wonder here in South Africa, bursting with crunchy red berry fruit, dried herbs and chalky minerality.
Charme 2020 ‘is a wine like no other’. Crafted from vines that are 70 to 100+ years old, it highlights Dirk's passion for Burgundian Pinot Noir. His aim here is ‘finesse, finesse, finesse’. Of the previous vintage Jancis Robinson noted: ‘The opposite end of the scale to most Douro reds: light, pale, delicate.’
Lastly, for delicious, refreshing drinkability and great value, always have a case of their 2020 Fabelhaft Tinto on hand.
View our entire Portuguese selection here.
