60% Alfrocheiro, 10% Trincadeira, 30% Aragonés certified organic. Another installment of the Portuguese table wine journey. This one, a blend of indigenous grapes and Aragonés (which is either Garnacha or Alicante Bouschet in drag, depending on who is talking, but Spanish regardless), attacks the front of the palate with juicy red and dark fruit with a floral punch. Violets and ripening raspberries on the nose followed across the tongue by the aforementioned fruits and slightly green plum, fig, cherry, mossy black rubber, and chewy tannins. These all sound rather dank, but the balance is good and body medium. I picked this one up at Brooklyn Wine Exchange for about $18-20 and it was a rockstar with goat cheese and mushroom tortellini.
- Rating: Everyday Reds
- Name: Vinho Biologico 2012
- Winery: Herdade dos Outeiros Altos
- Region: DOC Alentejo
- Country: Portugal
- Varietals: 60% Alfrocheiro, 10% Trincadeira, 30% Aragonés
- Price: $18-$20
- Where to Buy: Brooklyn Wine Exchange, 138 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
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